as in observer
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Recent Examples of looker-on
Shortly after the Paris Couture Week show, beauty fanatics and experts quickly began to dissect McGrath’s brilliant makeup artistry, earning high praise from notable lookers-on.
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Claire Sullivan, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025
Claire Sullivan, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looker-on
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This type of immersive education challenges students to engage with conflict not as passive observers but as active participants, working alongside those directly impacted by conflict to understand their experiences and gain firsthand knowledge of the complexities involved in sustaining peace.—
David Dumke,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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Most observers think the Sharafs triumphed over long odds.—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Once made of glass and cherished by parade spectators who were lucky enough to catch them, today cheap plastic beaded necklaces from overseas are tossed from floats by the handful.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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One month has passed since Iran’s bloody crackdown, and Iranians — inside the country and abroad — have been left among the most defenseless people facing a ruling power, watched over by a world that largely remained a spectator.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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So far, he’s been spotted draped in a full-length, white fluffy coat and fire engine-red hat and gloves, watching the women’s downhill race, and casually chatting with onlookers at the curling mixed doubles, adorned in a zip-jacket emblazoned with Team USA players’ faces.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Each takeover saw about 40-50 cars participating with 80-100 onlookers.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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The proposal also caught the attention of bystanders along the Riverwalk, who joined the ovation — turning the private moment into a joyful public celebration.—
Seth Carnell,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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His move to the Sandringham estate was accelerated after the latest batch of Epstein files were released, and after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen waving to photographers and bystanders at Windsor Castle, as if nothing had happened.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Looker-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looker-on. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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