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He sometimes came across as a busybody, she said, but many residents thought he was watching out for the neighborhood.

But busybody Louise was already making for the door, peering under it out to the crowded corridor.

The nomination process essentially officializes gossip, as various local busybodies suggest women based on hearsay about them and their families.

Local church busybodies who find out a community member donated to an abortion fund can now sue for "aiding and abetting."

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Apparently, other parents decided they didn't want these busybodies telling them how to educate or raise their kids so they ran against them and won.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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