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philanders

verb

present tense third-person singular of philander

as in cheats

to be sexually unfaithful he can't seem to stop philandering, even now that he's on his fifth marriage

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Any forward who cheats for defence, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has for much of his career, will play an elevated role on a Babcock team.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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