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passerby

noun as in bystander

noun as in pedestrian

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“My dad was very obnoxious to all the passersby, trying to get them to buy it,” she said.

To assist confused loyalists, the grocer has pasted a small sign by the entryway, adorned with the company logo and, in Whole Foods’s signature deep-green text, a reminder to passersby: “We’re Still Here!”

The dinosaur, he thought, would be a fun spectacle for the community and passersby.

Her finger is broadcast, aiming heavenward, on flat screens scattered around the show, like a motion detector that turns on lights in a dark alley to silently alert passersby of their endangered status.

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On a recent Saturday in Chongqing’s People’s Park, parents held out the printed or handwritten profiles of their children for passersby.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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