passerby
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A sympathetic passerby asks, who have you lost?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Speaking to the Sun, a passerby saw the bag on the side of a road and alerted her partner after becoming suspicious.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
The mischievous thieving monkey Ukiki is once again trying to make off with the belongings of a passerby when he is stopped by another traveler: Princess Daisy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
As the tram careens past, a delivery man can been seen leaping to safety from his bicycle, while a passerby also races out of the way.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
A passerby stopped and required directions of him.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Inside, the shop was packed with cameramen and customers, while passersby looked inside, asking: "Where's the bird?"
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
To passersby, we could easily be mistaken for two teenagers hiding in the shadows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
On sidewalks, black vendors selling hot corn called out to passersby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
When passersby constantly stopped her on the street to ask about them, she got the idea to level up her hobby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Other than our chaos, it was so quiet on the block, you could almost hear the tick, tick, tick of the property values dropping as passersby took in the tableau of horror.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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