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- noun Plural form of
interloper .
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Examples
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Imber's fate at the hands of the white interlopers is inevitable, just as is the case with another aboriginal, Koolau, in London's 1909 story, "Koolau the Leper," examined in a future installment of this series.
“. . .all his race rose up before him in a mighty phantasmagoria. . .” 2008
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The two exchanges, dubbed "interlopers" by NYSE Chief Executive Duncan Niederauer , are still pressing their bid with NYSE shareholders.
To Sweeten Deal, NYSE Considers a Dividend Aaron Lucchetti 2011
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It remains to be seen whether the Académie Française, which in recent years has concentrated on eliminating nasty Anglo-Saxon interlopers from the French language, will consider any of the new words when it draws up the latest volume of its dictionary.
The Guardian World News Kim Willsher 2011
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The Interlopers this tension runs throughout the book -- and is complicated by the fact that a mysterious third party, the so-called interlopers, appears with a Grant Nystrom lookalike of their own, complete with his own black labrador, in an apparent attempt to accumulate the secret microfilm for their own purposes.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2010
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The locals out in the line-ups are notoriously territorial, calling interlopers off waves, breaking off their fins if they don't obey, or worse.
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My question would be.. which of these 'interlopers' weren't originally GC's but instead are the 'stripped' remnants of dwarf galaxy cores?
Alien Star Clusters Are Invading the Milky Way | Universe Today 2010
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It might dispell the misconception of a displaced populace, driven out by Semitic interlopers which is precisely how the Moslem world love to paint it.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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There was little outrage when a local man of the cloth said white "interlopers" didn't belong in Harlem.
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She had been sold off and purchased by Captain Barker, who was one of the class known as "interlopers," men who made trading voyages to the East
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Indies and had frustrated all attempts of "interlopers" to share their privileges.
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