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‘Onlookers can be curious.’

[⟨det (plur onlooker.n)⟩ curious.a]

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In Wikipedia:

As he spoke to the growing crowd of curious onlookers, he would pull out his wallet and begin wrapping paper money ranging from one dollar up to one hundred dollars, around a select few of the bars.
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In Wikipedia:

The session was witnessed by curious onlookers defying police warnings to stay away a motion of confidence in Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s government, a motion to affirm the suspension of Zambry Abdul Kadir’s Barisan Nasional cabinet and a motion to dissolve the assembly for snap polls were passed unanimously, 27 – 0.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A crowd of several hundred protesters and curious onlookers made their way down the 16th Street Mall downtown for a protest of the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Most of them were from Ren’s art classes, while a handful more were friends and curious onlookers.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Helicopters, news vans and curious onlookers.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And it looked like a successful experiment: The street was full of curious onlookers to whom Park (ing) Day volunteers could spread their message about urban space and reclaiming streets for people.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The cast and crew of the most recent iteration The Island, airing now (sigh), reportedly left behind tons of trash for the Panamanian locals to clean up: The area was tight with security that kept curious onlookers out during production.
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In Wikipedia:

Sacred ceremonies were sometimes subject to interference from overzealous officials or curious onlookers.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The question of sexuality is often posed, by ourselves as much as the curious onlookers.
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In Wikipedia:

“Although he initially tried to keep curious onlookers away, Jordan found that he could finance additional electronic and architectural projects at the site by charging a small tour fee.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The branch manager wends his way through Village Singeetam, drawing an ever – swelling crowd of curious onlookers.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Here, in stead, just hundreds of curious onlookers, nosing up to the buildings, taking pictures of each other embracing the heroic George Washington statue; it’s that kind of warm fuzzy feeling you wish all tourists got, not just the ones who arrive with big pockets stuffed full of Euros and who drive to the theater in stretch limos.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Even with the barrage of’ ’ chit – chat’ ’ by curious onlookers and continued additions, Burke says he finished it’ ’ this month space out over about 7 days.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

divers we reach the boundary verge and swan dive windmill arms churn water, grind years; red veins of the tide float now, fallen and safe while curious onlookers wring though – hands, worry memory’s tapestry evade them? they’re wrapped in it, drowning. twist? our love’s expansive. I’ll recount a queen’s fable on a deck – hand’s raft if you trade gold for an anchor, for rapture’s sunken prize. sink, and I’ll deliver you rise, and I’ll greet from jacklight forage to hares and hounds there’s a pearl in you I plunge for. – m. heart, 2006 poems are unwieldy creatures and though I always tell myself I will go back and fine – tune them, I seldom do. this one is no exception, but the mood of the photo brought it to mind? one of the few unlost poems from my old (stolen) laptop. well, they were just words I suppose, and I can probably string more of them together if I put my mind to it. today we’re headed out to visit my family, and perhaps in the coming week I will feel as if I’m able to write an update about how my parents are doing and what the immediate future holds. for now I will say that personally, since I started a regular workout regimen a couple of weeks ago I have a lot more energy and am doing a lot less crying.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Several other ‘hunters’ are on its trail as well: a mix of curious onlookers and nature lovers all eager to shoot it – with their cameras, that is.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They could so easily have made plexiglass walls, allowing curious onlookers to watch and work up the nerve to enter and play, while giving players the comfort of clean air and low noise.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He had quite the entourage of curious onlookers last year.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Just a slow, lazy, ascent with hundreds of curious onlookers squinting up at us.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

While controversy may upset some, it also creates traffic as curious onlookers come to gawk and anti-griefers come to abuse report imagery they find objectionable.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.