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Recent Examples of free love
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.
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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
The awkward love triangle depicted in the film is true to the free love spirit of the show's origins.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
There are presentations that are very much about sexuality, eroticism, gender, free love, other forms of erotic families or erotic communities, and erotic practices.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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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
The awkward love triangle depicted in the film is true to the free love spirit of the show's origins.
—Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
There are presentations that are very much about sexuality, eroticism, gender, free love, other forms of erotic families or erotic communities, and erotic practices.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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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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As the 126-foot-tall Twin Towers standing guard over Wembley’s entrance drew us and thousands more inexorably forward from the nearby Underground station, a love affair was born that never quite died, no matter how shabby the old place became in its final years.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Did Ed Gein have a love affair with Bernice Worden before killing her?—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Ruko 6088 Programmable Robot Inspire a love of technology, programming, and robotics with this interactive robot toy.—
Anja Webb,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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Yet Melt, Zardoya’s solo debut as Not for Radio, plays like a love letter to the environment rather than a side quest for solo stardom.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the podcast, Holt interviewed Nikki's maternal grandfather, who revealed claims of judicial misconduct involving the Anderson County judge who presided over Roberson's trial.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Andra Day has accused her former manager of financial misconduct in a new lawsuit.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many of China’s top military officials have been purged during Xi’s third term on charges of corruption or disloyalty.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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A lot of disloyalty this season with lots of empty words.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
22 Aug. 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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Their perfidy is memorialized in the English language, though.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The prior month, Vice President JD Vance had lodged his own complaints about Europe’s alleged perfidy, threatening that the United States might withdraw its security guarantees from Europe if the EU continued to aggressively regulate U.S. tech companies.—
ANU BRADFORD,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Apr. 2025
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