as in intruder
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
summer residents were regarded as interlopers who had no deep commitment to the town's welfare
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So will Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, which finds the director — once an indie interloper, now an industry veteran — re-creating the Los Angeles of his youth and using a story of a friendship, aging, and insecurity to reflect on a moment of tremendous change in film history.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Capys, who are often suspicious of interlopers like me, can also be unfriendly with members of their own species who are not part of their family group.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Fire is the native, natural presence, and human development is the invasive interloper.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Sheridan has an affinity for writing characters who have lots of big things to say about the world around them and their place in it; Yellowstone features hours of John Dutton solemnly orating on the subject of Montana, the ranching way of life, and the threat posed by outside interlopers.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Capys, who are often suspicious of interlopers like me, can also be unfriendly with members of their own species who are not part of their family group.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Fire is the native, natural presence, and human development is the invasive interloper.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Sheridan has an affinity for writing characters who have lots of big things to say about the world around them and their place in it; Yellowstone features hours of John Dutton solemnly orating on the subject of Montana, the ranching way of life, and the threat posed by outside interlopers.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Interloper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interloper. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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