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kibitzers

noun

variants also kibbitzers

plural of kibitzer

as in intruders

a person who meddles in the affairs of others a nosy kibitzer who always knows who is dating whom

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Recent Examples of kibitzers At times, a dozen kibitzers looked on. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025

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Noun

In other words, intruders overran the building to steal copper pipes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
People often talk about illnesses like cancer as intruders in the house.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of intruders

Noun

For an adolescent navigating friendships, rejection, identity and belonging, something that never judges them or gossips and is always available can be incredibly compelling.

— Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Group chats have—rightfully—earned a reputation as containers for gossips or for the airing of grievances that someone might not want to fully offer out loud to the public, and mine are not absent those things, from time to time.

— Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of gossips

Noun

In 2010, 11 deep-cover Russian spies were arrested across the United States, sending shockwaves around the globe.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Last year, Ken McCallum, MI5’s director-general, said Chinese spies poseda daily national security threat, and were creating fake job adverts to try to lure British professionals into handing over information.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of spies

Noun

At the time, my editor and I were assuming that the fandom would be hostile to interlopers who didn’t possess the ancient knowledge of Andi self-eliminating rather than spending one more minute with Juan Pablo.

— Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
The interlopers were contrabandistas, Native Pacific Northwesterners brought by American merchants operating out of Hawaii and heading to the Mexican coast to hunt otters without a license.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

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