stand-in
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Unlike Alice, Bryan is the audience stand-in: the average guy who responds to a mind-boggling, impossible situation as clumsily as you or I might.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The tourists are hampered by Babar's hand injury, and stand-in captain Salman said he would have batted had he won the toss.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
But first Flávio must convince voters to treat him as a stand-in for his father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Screen Scotland said the city's Victorian architecture, wide avenues and grid layout make it an "incredibly versatile stand-in" for many US cities.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
On the night of the transaction, they leashed a stand-in timber wolf for Black Wing, first dyeing its left hind foot snow white, to look like Black Wing’s.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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