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spectator

[spek-tey-ter, spek-tey-] / ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ- /


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Any other spectator would have had to just deal with it, but Austin wasn’t just any other spectator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

It has already been a week to remember in Southport for Howard, who has never previously attended The Open, even as a spectator.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

For years I’ve called the Herndon Climb America’s next great spectator sport.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

"Film is an act of truthfulness, not happening on the screen but in the heart and in the guts of the spectator," he said.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Using the wrong voice can make the reader crane back and forth like a spectator at a tennis match: See that lady with the shopping bag?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“I’m stuck,” read one message that he flashed to the spectators below.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

South Korea's professional baseball league cancelled all games scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday amid a record-setting heatwave that has sent spectators to hospital.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

When Prince Harry dialled in later on during the episode, Meghan told them: "My husband's here," prompting cheers and shocked faces from contestants and spectators.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Folklore scholar Michael Kinsella has described this kind of online activity as a form of “online legend-tripping” where audiences become contributors, collaborators and world-builders rather than simply spectators.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

The spectators who had been considering taking their leave decide to stay just a bit longer and comment enthusiastically about the lighting of the fire.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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