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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, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes.
—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 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, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes.
—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 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
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Brenay Kennard, a lifestyle content creator with nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, is at the center of a civil lawsuit that has made national headlines, in which she is accused of criminal conversation and alienation of affection.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
12 Nov. 2025
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According to the verdict form, the jury found Kennard liable for $250,000 for the criminal conversation claim and awarded another $1.5 million in damages for the alienation of affection claim.—
Cristian Santana,
NBC news,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Some may try to keep this feeling at bay, Brodsky explained, by changing jobs, houses, careers, or lovers; by embracing hobbies, travel, or promiscuity.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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Interiors celebrate promiscuity, and the serpentine symbol that marks the entrance hall carpet can be spotted on the jewelry of staff uniforms.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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Maher’s love affair with food began during her time studying in Spain, a period that altered her professional path and set her on the course that eventually brought her to the couple’s hospitality home in South Austin.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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Anderson never shies away from the pleasure that makes movie-watching a proper love affair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Honey is ready to bring love, purrs and playful cuddles to her forever home.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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In the movies and in fairy tales, nobody was penalized for falling in love at first sight.—
Addie Citchens,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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When allegations of misconduct arose against Krauss at ASU, the physicist exchanged dozens of messages and emails with Epstein seeking advice on how to handle them.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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This comes amid the monarch’s cancer battle and Andrew’s arrest for misconduct in public office, with questions being asked about what King Charles and even Queen Elizabeth before him knew of Andrew’s dealings with Epstein.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 Mar. 2026
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Research on group dynamics shows that dissent is often interpreted as disloyalty rather than contribution.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The courts have warned against treating dissent as disloyalty.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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After Thomas Hickey was hanged that year for mutiny, sedition and treachery, Washington warned that his fate should serve as a caution to all soldiers.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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With their leader detained, El Mayo’s sicarios, or hit men, declared war against supporters of Chapo’s sons in an attempt to exact vengeance for the treachery and strengthen their own position in the wider organization.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Any time there is a crisis in Iran, the 1953 British-American coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh is dusted off as Exhibit A in the case against Western perfidy.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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But the mayor’s dramatic tale of his predecessor’s fiscal fiddling was designed with a clear political agenda in mind: both to underline the magnitude of the problem and to identify the villains responsible for this perfidy.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
29 Jan. 2026
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