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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.
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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
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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
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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
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These cancers are related to risky behaviors like promiscuity, smoking and drinking.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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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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Fashion’s love affair with the WNBA is well documented, from Caitlin Clark’s ongoing relationship with Prada (including her front-row seat at the most recent runway in Milan), to Coach becoming the organization’s first-ever handbag partner.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2026
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Amazon’s love affair with theaters didn’t stop with Hopkins.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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How one was born for the stage or how the other had inexplicably inherited Jean’s love for animal prints.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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McCormick began sending Kim love letters — dozens of them.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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British police launched a criminal probe and arrested Mandelson in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving her post amid an internal investigation brought on by complaints about misconduct by the secretary while in office.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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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
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The first three fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and were expelled for disloyalty.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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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
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But Bateman's treachery also had a distinctly silly side.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 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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