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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
Verb
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This begs the question: What else is there to say about Young and his offseason?—
Alex Zietlow
July 23,
Charlotte Observer,
23 July 2025
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On top of that, the battery easily goes a week without begging for a charger, and the square AMOLED display is way easier to read mid-run than a round one.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 July 2025
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“Freeload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeload. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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