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.
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Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
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“Philanders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philanders. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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