passerby
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But it certainly shouldn’t be expanded to the extent contemplated here—opening the federal courts to any passerby with a vague aesthetic grievance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
The sight of the full battalion brings grins to every passerby.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
"It's interesting because not that many things get vandalised around here," says Lucia, a passerby who lives in the city.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
And all along the endless convoy as it made its way out of the neighborhood and onto the highway, you’d hear a passerby ask, “Who they burying?”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
It’s unclear if the injured parties were construction workers or passersby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Yet Francois says that he currently drives his own little mouse around Miami, where he lives, and has been surprised by the response from passersby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
On this late-May evening in Mindelo, a city on the archipelago nation's Sao Vicente island, passersby who recognise the singer stop in the street to join the concert.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Two men who were among the first on the scene of a bus crash that injured dozens said passengers were "crying and screaming" as passersby rushed to break them out.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
These—as I was to discover—were emblems to inform passersby of the nature of the business or goods made or sold therein.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
