as in cheated
to be sexually unfaithful
he can't seem to stop philandering, even now that he's on his fifth marriage
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Visitors to the sites at Independence Park were cheated when they were cut off from facts that enable us to imagine ourselves in the lives of those who lived and worked there.—
Carol Quillen,
Time,
21 Feb. 2026 -
To sum up the series finale’s key moments, in the college timeline, Bree (Cat Missal), in a rage of anger after finding out that Lucy (Grace Van Patten) was the person Evan (Branden Cook) had cheated with, releases the tape of Lucy admitting to lying about being raped.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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Johnson recently stepped out in Los Angeles wearing the ultimate cool-girl uniform.—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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Ted and Netflix have never stepped out and purchased anything, it has all been built in-house.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Philandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philandered. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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