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Recent Examples of freeload
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.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
If only Alyssa hadn’t entrusted the money to her freeloading boyfriend, Keshawn (Joshua David Neal).
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
But if freeloading fish are hovering around, looking to benefit from the hunt without contributing, the octopus punches them away, according to new research.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
And the fish—usually different kinds of goatfish—were freeloading.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Sep. 2024
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
If only Alyssa hadn’t entrusted the money to her freeloading boyfriend, Keshawn (Joshua David Neal).
—Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
But if freeloading fish are hovering around, looking to benefit from the hunt without contributing, the octopus punches them away, according to new research.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
And the fish—usually different kinds of goatfish—were freeloading.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeload
beg
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When all 16 of her campers and her co-counselors were safely accounted for at the pavilion, Ainslie heard campers from another cabin — one that housed some of the camp’s youngest children — begging for help.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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But when Dexter relapsed back into killing and exposed his son to the family trade, the homecoming turned sour and Dexter begged his kid to shoot him–– and Harrison obliged.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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“Freeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeload. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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