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passerby

[pas-er-bahy, -bahy, pah-ser-] / ˈpæs ərˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sər- /


NOUN
pedestrian
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Some protesters were passersby who joined the standoff after becoming aware of ICE’s presence, according to New York Immigration Coalition president and CEO, Murad Awawdeh.

From The Wall Street Journal

He moved the family business to Encinitas, where he bought 67 acres near the railroad and Interstate 5 and planted so many patented poinsettia plants that passersby were treated to crimson waves come November.

From Los Angeles Times

Like, he liked 15-year-old girls… He wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds, but he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were but would look legal to a passerby.”

From Salon

Since my experience at Finsbury Park, what has stayed with me, perhaps more than the filming, is how passersby failed to step in.

From BBC

“But he liked the very young teen types that could pass for even younger than they were, but would look legal to a passerby.”

From Salon