free love

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Recent Examples of free love Woodstock was the peak of the hippie movement, which revolved around free love, recreational drug use and opposition to the Vietnam War. Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 The ’60s and ’70s had free love and psychedelics. Mj Franklin, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 From the free love movement to emerging regulations, the design team at GM contended with a slew of changes. 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 See All Example Sentences for free love
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • But Jacks was not without his flaws, promiscuity among them.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • These cancers are related to risky behaviors like promiscuity, smoking and drinking.
    Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • But Sun’s love affair with the Trumps turned into a bitter breakup in September after World Liberty Financial froze Sun’s tokens, preventing him from selling his tranche, which is now worth around $240 million at current market prices.
    Ben Weiss, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Just as some American immigrants brought their love of the land to the Midwest and Texas, my mother’s parents carried with them an intense feeling for books.
    Nicholas Dawidoff, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
  • Villa Chardonnay Horses With Wings, a sprawling animal sanctuary tucked into the Cuyamaca Mountains in San Diego County, billed itself for years as a place where unwanted animals could find love and a second chance at life.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • The committee has established a special investigative subcommittee to examine whether Mills engaged in conduct that could include improper relationships, financial misconduct, or abuse of his official position.
    Nik Popli, Time, 11 May 2026
  • In the months that followed, former students began filing lawsuits alleging abuse and misconduct at the program.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • Of the six House members expelled, the first three fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and were expelled for disloyalty.
    Kevin Freking, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The first three fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and were expelled for disloyalty.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Upon learning of Ava’s treachery, Deborah HOWLS.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Inflamed by Ratansen’s adviser’s account of Padmavati’s beauty, Alauddin Khalji storms the fortress by treachery rather than valor.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Years ago, during his first term, Trump was lamenting the perfidy of his first Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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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“Free love.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/free%20love. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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