foreigner
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“Sometimes,” Mr. Byrne said, “it takes a naive foreigner to appreciate what people who live in a country don’t realize they have”—a sentiment congruent with his advice to think across disciplines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The average foreigner targeted by recruiters working for Russia is under 40, living in a poorer country and lured by the "promise of a job", she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Five years later, he was chosen by a conservative British prime minister, David Cameron, to head the Bank of England, becoming the first foreigner to lead the institution.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
At the time of writing only one foreigner, a Laotian, has been identified among those who died.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Fortunately there was not yet much heat or quickness in my heart, and I said to myself that he was an ignorant man, a foreigner, ill-used and frightened.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Nine foreigners have been arrested in South Africa after they were caught allegedly trying to leave the country to fight in the war between Russia and the Ukraine, police say.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
The women had just become the latest targets of san tay: the increasingly popular Vietnamese pastime of hunting foreigners for English practice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
But the praise and pity produced resentment among many Americans who did not want an admissions system that elevated foreigners to a higher pedestal.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Gomez told AFP in June that Europe risks "total technological irrelevance" if it fails to develop sovereign capabilities, warning that without home-built technology, everything from defense to productivity will be partly controlled by foreigners.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
He was riding along in a cloud of visitors, bright-clad foreigners, observers from Europe, plumes and feathers and helmeted horsemen, reporters from Richmond, the solemn members of Longstreet’s staff.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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