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passerby

pa ser bee

  • n  a person who passes by casually or by chance

  • For example, one promo showed Jay on the street asking a passerby how many stars were in the American flag--to which she answered she couldn't count because the wind was blowing .
  • When thousands of brown-shirted extras marched underneath giant swastikas at a parade ground in a western corner of Berlin, for example, a passerby filed an official complaint with .
  • The system produces a color-coded thermograph of each passerby: red means hot, green means not.
News & Articles

  • Madison woman says she was sexually assaulted Friday night
    A Madison woman whose cellphone was found by a passerby told officials she was sexually assaulted Friday, according to a release. Officials say a passerby contacted the Madison Police Department Saturday morning after finding a cellphone and some other items near the corner of Drake and Orchard streets. Officers were returning the property to the 22-year-old woman, who lives in the neighborhood ...
    June 11, 2013 - WISC-TV Madison
  • Man arrested after puppies left in hot vehicle
    Animal Care Services says a passerby noticed the two heat-exhausted puppies in the truck at Woodlawn Lake Park. One of the pups was already dead and the other was clinging...
    June 10, 2013 - WOAI San Antonio
  • Passerby Credited With Saving Passenger’s Life In Fiery Barnstable Crash
    A passerby is being credited with saving a woman from a burning car in Barnstable.
    June 6, 2013 - CBS Boston
Quotes

  • Antony Gormley in TravelBite.co.uk
    Commenting on the exhibition, Antony Gormley said: "The installation connects the palpable, the perceivable and the imaginable, creating a relational field in which the passerby as well as the aware view is implied in a matrix of looking and being...
  • Leslie Segrete in Market Wire (press release)
    Accent painting projects made easy: "Painting your abode's exterior protects it and adds to passerby appeal, but smaller painting projects deliver the accents that show a home is well cared for," says Segrete.
  • Kazuo Oga in The Daily Yomiuri
    That experience [sign painting] is still helping me today,Oga said. "An advertising display, which is something a passerby might take a quick glance at, should never be painted too carefully."

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