freeload
Example Sentences
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It claims Epic merely wants to freeload off an iPhone ecosystem in which Apple has invested more than $100 billion over the past 15 years.
From Seattle Times
Even as he warmed to North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, Mr. Trump often accused South Korea of freeloading on American military power.
From New York Times
By encouraging workers to freeload, the justices hoped to starve unions of funds and kill them.
From Salon
A month ago, Trump made a great show of signing an executive order that he called a “favored nations clause” aimed at ending “global freeloading on the backs of American patients and American seniors.”
From Los Angeles Times
The president has long railed against what he describes as “global freeloading” — how other countries negotiate far lower prices for drugs than what pharmaceutical companies charge in the United States.
From New York Times
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