passerby
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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
Any prudent passerby would think twice before approaching a clearing with a tower made of hundreds of skulls at its center.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
They asked a random passerby for the direction to Seoul and were pointed toward the main highway.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
The wreck in the Danube was reportedly discovered on 2 August, when a passersby reported part of the motorcycle protruding from the rocks on the riverbank in downtown Budapest.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Matters got worse after passersby with guns pinged holes in some of the barrels, and the poisonous stuff soaked about 15 feet down into the desert soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
On Sunday, they pleaded with passersby and motorcyclists to keep quiet as they tried to listen for any sound of life—a cry for help, a cough or heavy breathing—from people under the rubble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Several other cities have followed: Chengdu deployed a mixed squad of quadruped and humanoid robots, Shenzhen is testing humanoids that shake hands with passersby, and a Wenzhou model literally rolls.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Or the Haitian couple who lived a couple of blocks over from Moss, the ones who had the Siamese cat who intimidated passersby from the window.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
