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"To avoid free rider behaviour, Saudi Arabia could threaten to put 1 million bpd back on the market within 30 days, which would lead to a drop in prices," another OPEC+ source said.

From Reuters • Jun. 9, 2023

Optimism is also assuming that someone else will do the hard work and that you can be a type of free rider for other people's labor and struggle and sacrifices.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2020

“If employees have shown overwhelmingly they want collective bargaining, it seems to me the free rider problem is insignificant,” he said.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2016

Many in the U.S. and around the world have expressed skepticism about investing in efforts to fight climate change, arguing that costly efforts would lead to a free rider problem of sorts.

From Time • Sep. 25, 2015

He felt perfectly safe on the horse, who seemed to take delight in his free rider.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold