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- noun Plural form of
sightseer .
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Examples
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Almost none of the singing that one hears at the so-called hula performances gotten up for the delectation of sightseers is Hawaiian music of the old sort.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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The entire party was bubbling with that enthusiasm and eagerness felt by all "sightseers" who find themselves drawing near to this great natural marvel of America.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win Burt L. Standish 1905
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And, even though some regulars talked about the "sightseers" who stopped by because of the fame of Elaine's as a hangout for celebrities, not everyone who went there kept up with Ms.
NYT > Home Page By JAMES BARRON 2010
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska Reuters/Yereth Rosen - Thawing permafrost is triggering mudslides onto a key road traveled by busloads of sightseers.
Mudslides, Wildfires & Declining Wildlife Highlight Climate Change In Alaska Joanna Zelman 2011
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska Reuters/Yereth Rosen - Thawing permafrost is triggering mudslides onto a key road traveled by busloads of sightseers.
Mudslides, Wildfires & Declining Wildlife Highlight Climate Change In Alaska Joanna Zelman 2011
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Each time Bill Gold drives over the Brooklyn Bridge, he waves at the sightseers looking at the metal plaques depicting the history of the span.
Foundry Turns Metal Into Art Alison Fox 2011
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At 75 miles long and 35 miles wide, Great Salt Lake is the biggest natural lake in the United States after the Great Lakes, and is used by wildlife, industry, swimmers, boaters, bikers, hikers, hunters and sightseers.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska Reuters/Yereth Rosen - Thawing permafrost is triggering mudslides onto a key road traveled by busloads of sightseers.
Mudslides, Wildfires & Declining Wildlife Highlight Climate Change In Alaska Joanna Zelman 2011
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By the end of the performance, three more large carp had been brought up from the lake and sold to sightseers in nearby boats for 50 yuan less than $8 apiece.
China, As It Was Nina Simonds 2011
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska Reuters/Yereth Rosen - Thawing permafrost is triggering mudslides onto a key road traveled by busloads of sightseers.
Mudslides, Wildfires & Declining Wildlife Highlight Climate Change In Alaska Joanna Zelman 2011
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