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passenger

[pas-uhn-jer] / ˈpæs ən dʒər /


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“You can’t be a passive passenger to your own credit story,” Adams said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Police did not identify the dead, saying only that one passenger was a 20-year-old man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

AFP journalists saw several passenger carriages strewn across the tracks and surrounding farmland.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Jurors have heard from another injured passenger, Raza Aslam, that Zitouni "was rushing backwards and forwards like a busy beaver trying to get different things" including trolleys and pans to defend the passengers.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The stolen balloon rose quickly—too quickly, according to Faucet—and the howls of its lone passenger could no longer be heard, as the balloon shrank to a tiny smudge of rainbow in the sky.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

In some cases, passengers were left stuck inside planes on the tarmac, unable to take off or to return to the gates.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

Friday's nationwide ground stop sparked widespread chaos and left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline staff who appeared in the dark about unfolding events.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Airports from coast to coast filled with passengers waiting for word of whether their flights would ever get out—others were stuck on planes as gate space quickly became limited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

A tarmac delay applies to planes awaiting takeoff or planes that have just landed where passengers are unable to get off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

A voice called out from the loudspeaker, and the last couple of passengers hurried along the platform.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown


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