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foreigner

[fawr-uh-ner, for-] / ˈfɔr ə nər, ˈfɒr- /


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“I was such a foreigner, a guest in that community,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

A university student said he felt like a "foreigner" after losing his ability to speak Welsh following a car crash.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

They also cast him as a foreigner, despite him being from Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. territory and makes him a U.S. citizen since birth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

"He's inspirational because I can relate to him. Coming here as a foreigner and actually making it in life, that's a big inspiration for me," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

I didn’t want to stand out as a lost foreigner, so I took a taxi, too.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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