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philandered

verb

past tense of philander

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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Scarlett Johansson sued you over that, alleging that Disney cheated her out of box office upside.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
OpenAI revealed that the Hugging Face hack wasn't the only time its bots had lied, cheated, and hidden its tracks from humans.

— David Pogue, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

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Lawrence, 36, recently stepped out in these exact mules, and they’re nearly sold out.

— Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
Hong Kong — One of China’s most important - and mysterious - security officials has stepped out of the shadows and been identified, thanks in part to a guest list published by the White House.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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