consensual
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The video also surfaced on other platforms, including Meta-owned Facebook, where some posts used it to baselessly claim that the lawsuit was "fake" and the two had been involved in a "consensual relationship."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Men, compared with women, however, and people who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were more likely to have previously engaged in consensual nonmonogamy, according to the study.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
“But no one really looked at consensual relationships.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
Throughout the seven-week trial, Johnston denied all the charges and claimed the acts were consensual.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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