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onlooker

[on-look-er, awn-] / ˈɒnˌlʊk ər, ˈɔn- /


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King Charles moved to the groove as an onlooker said: "It's not as easy as it looks, is it?"

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

“How’s the weather been?” he asked one onlooker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Sunday's spectacle drew crowds of hundreds, with onlooker Richard Bode, 34, calling the event a "once-in-a-lifetime experience."

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

An onlooker warned the agents, “You gonna let him die.”

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

It was a little bit like shaping a wild, natural landscape into identifiable patterns for the benefit of the human onlooker.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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