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Recent Examples of free love
From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes.
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Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The oldest celebrity on this week’s arts pick list, however, has to be Victoria Woodhull, the spirited feminist, spiritualist and advocate of free love who died 98 years ago at the age of 88.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
The people on that ranch followed the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, an Indian guru who emphasized, among other things, intense meditation and yoga sessions, intentional living, and free love practices that ultimately became problematic for many of the followers.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein also allegedly influenced Manson, with its plot about a man from Mars who preached free love and caused a major movement on Earth.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The oldest celebrity on this week’s arts pick list, however, has to be Victoria Woodhull, the spirited feminist, spiritualist and advocate of free love who died 98 years ago at the age of 88.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
The people on that ranch followed the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, an Indian guru who emphasized, among other things, intense meditation and yoga sessions, intentional living, and free love practices that ultimately became problematic for many of the followers.
—Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
The science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein also allegedly influenced Manson, with its plot about a man from Mars who preached free love and caused a major movement on Earth.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for free love
Noun
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Howard sued his wife’s lover for alienation of affection and criminal conversation, according to court records.—
Lateshia Beachum,
Washington Post,
3 Oct. 2019
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North Carolina is one of about a half-dozen states that allow lawsuits accusing a cheating spouse’s lover of alienation of affection and criminal conversation.—
EMERY P. DALESIO,
The Seattle Times,
5 Sep. 2017
Noun
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Sabrina Carpenter is, sometimes accidentally but more often on purpose, a lightning rod, the kind of pop star whose art and humor consistently get hoovered up into the overarching fights over women’s promiscuity and desirability.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Set in the 1970s, the novel tells the story of the return of Tieta to the remote village of Santana do Agreste 26 years after being banished for promiscuity, beaten and expelled by her father in front of all the town’s people.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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When Malene Birger left her eponymous fashion brand to pursue art and interior design over a decade ago, a love affair with Mallorca was already well underway.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2025
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The city’s love affair with opulence extends offshore too, with the world’s first Buddha Bar hotel rising on The World Islands, complete with floating villas and a beach club.—
Dominic Dudley,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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This, plus the ongoing calls among family members, maintains a powerful sense of human connection and love.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Quinto has been open about his love for the role of Spock.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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That gap gives congregations wide latitude to hire and restore youth pastors, worship leaders and other associate ministers — including those with histories of misconduct.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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Springfield officials, meanwhile, called for a review of the department's hiring practices after previous allegations of misconduct against Grayson were revealed.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … 'DISAPPOINTED' – Biden's son slams Harris memoir for disloyalty to father's administration.—
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, sometimes a leader falsely alleges a coup plot to purge members of the government suspected of disloyalty.—
John Joseph Chin,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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And when the surviving crew interrogates the android Ash about his treachery, the book has him pretty much spill the space beans.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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When does compromise become treachery or defeat?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Their perfidy is memorialized in the English language, though.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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