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After less than 24 hours on the ground in the Netherlands, Trump headed back to Washington having secured a major policy change he's pushed for since 2017: a significant boost in defense spending by other NATO countries that the president has for years accused of freeloading off the United States.
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Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
And again summer approaches and one must sift through all those spoiling invitations that inevitably come rolling in when one is an indolent (and impoverished) European aristocrat — who needs to freeload off the rich and hardworking.
—James Fallon, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Minutes before Carney’s arrival, Trump set a contentious tone by accusing Canada of freeloading on trade and the nations’ geopolitical alliance.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
Dreux has entrusted Alyssa with delivering Uche’s money before the first of the month—but instead, Alyssa has asked her layabout, freeloading boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) to put the money in Uche’s hands.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
And again summer approaches and one must sift through all those spoiling invitations that inevitably come rolling in when one is an indolent (and impoverished) European aristocrat — who needs to freeload off the rich and hardworking.
—James Fallon, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Minutes before Carney’s arrival, Trump set a contentious tone by accusing Canada of freeloading on trade and the nations’ geopolitical alliance.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
Dreux has entrusted Alyssa with delivering Uche’s money before the first of the month—but instead, Alyssa has asked her layabout, freeloading boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) to put the money in Uche’s hands.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeload
beg
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In between bickering with Rodgers and pining for a young would-be protégé named Elizabeth, played by Margaret Qualley, Hart gossips to the bartender—Eddie, portrayed by Bobby Cannavale—and begs him for just one more pour.—
Kyle McGovern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Parents beg to have their kids placed in her class, and people are drawn to her magnetic personality.—
Nashville Tennessean,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Freeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeload. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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