outsider
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In the early days of EMF, Gloucester-born Ian said it was "fun-loving" Derry that made him feel at home in the Forest of Dean as an outsider.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Matières Fécales — literally French for “fecal matter” — has gone from an intentionally provocative outsider project to dressing some of the world’s biggest celebrities, including Zendaya, Lady Gaga, Demi Moore and Kylie Jenner.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Burwell’s music would be an outsider pick for a score award, but a Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross-caliber choice to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Walter Mondale pioneered the liaison job, bridging the gap between the outsider President Jimmy Carter, and Mondale’s former congressional colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Nonetheless, visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant, sometimes in another, like the themes in a jazz improvisation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Even in concert cancellation situations that seem clear-cut to outsiders, insurance payouts aren’t guaranteed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
If it wasn't for the atas' work-worn faces, it is often hard for outsiders to work out who is who.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
What outsiders now call resilience was, for us, simply the nightly practice of keeping one another going.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
The show depicts the power struggles between patriarch John Dutton III, his children, the locals, and the outsiders seeking to change their bucolic ranching way of life.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
What seemed perfectly normal to white Birmingham residents proved a genuine contradiction of our nation’s democratic ideals to outsiders such as Salisbury.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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