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Recent Examples of freeload
Trump thinks other nations are taking advantage of the U.S. — that too many allies are freeloading off American military might and not spending enough on their own armed forces.
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Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2024
Otherwise, imposing the planning and cost burden on the Secret Service is just a way for a campaign to freeload off taxpayers.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Part of last year’s subscription growth flowed from a crackdown on viewers who had been freeloading off Netflix subscribers who shared their account passwords.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024
Both Russian and Chinese firms are discovering that their ability to freeload off the liberal international order has been compromised.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2023
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Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2024
Otherwise, imposing the planning and cost burden on the Secret Service is just a way for a campaign to freeload off taxpayers.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Part of last year’s subscription growth flowed from a crackdown on viewers who had been freeloading off Netflix subscribers who shared their account passwords.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024
Both Russian and Chinese firms are discovering that their ability to freeload off the liberal international order has been compromised.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeload
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That’s a lot of unspent money and begs the question: Is more tax needed from an industry that’s shrinking, not growing?—
Andrew DeAngelo,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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When others on board pointed to Murphy’s father, her mother knelt on the deck, cradling Murphy in her arms, and begged them not to harm her husband.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Freeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeload. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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