as in townsfolk
the people who live in a town or city
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The townspeople’s friendships, romances, and enmities are tangible ways to understand what’s going on here, and their complex bonds help amplify the show’s life-and-death stakes.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Trapped and surrounded by an eerie forest, the townspeople face terrifying supernatural threats that emerge after dark.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Hell’s Half-Acre is a historical look at the Bender family who fled their property long before the townspeople found countless bodies buried on the property.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
Loosely based on Daphne du Maurier's 1952 short story of the same name, this Hitchcock classic sees the birds of a coastal California community launch a massive, coordinated, and unexplained assault against the local townspeople.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Trapped and surrounded by an eerie forest, the townspeople face terrifying supernatural threats that emerge after dark.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Hell’s Half-Acre is a historical look at the Bender family who fled their property long before the townspeople found countless bodies buried on the property.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2024
Loosely based on Daphne du Maurier's 1952 short story of the same name, this Hitchcock classic sees the birds of a coastal California community launch a massive, coordinated, and unexplained assault against the local townspeople.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Townspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townspeople. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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