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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But that doesn’t mean the conference title chase can’t have its own intrigue, and the Utes are well-positioned as an interloper to shake up the Big 12 hierarchy.
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Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
The whole tone of the process tends to treat any developer as an evil interloper who is trying to do something bad and must be controlled and pushed to do something good in order to proceed.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Rather than treating Trump as a malign interloper to a virtuous establishment, Democrats should oppose him as the manifestation of a corrupt, self-enriching, oligarchic global elite.
—Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2024
The top-five teams remained unchanged in the latest College Football Playoff rankings with undefeated Oregon on top followed by Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Indiana — four Big Ten teams and an SEC interloper.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
The whole tone of the process tends to treat any developer as an evil interloper who is trying to do something bad and must be controlled and pushed to do something good in order to proceed.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Rather than treating Trump as a malign interloper to a virtuous establishment, Democrats should oppose him as the manifestation of a corrupt, self-enriching, oligarchic global elite.
—Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2024
The top-five teams remained unchanged in the latest College Football Playoff rankings with undefeated Oregon on top followed by Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Indiana — four Big Ten teams and an SEC interloper.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Interloper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interloper. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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