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Onlookers including children and teenagers could also be seen posing for photographs with unloaded rifles.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Onlookers ask her about what she’s doing and whether she works with the government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Onlookers are invited to be mesmerized by the fuchsia flames of Gwi-Ma’s realm as the movie’s hooky synth pop bounces in the foreground.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Onlookers glued themselves to the corner to watch for the excavator as it came down on their house.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

Onlookers chewed fresh oysters and hot corn as the auctioneers shouted into the air.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead