as in parasite
a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return
During their fundraising campaign, the public radio station encouraged listeners not to be free riders.
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At-home test tackles three most common STIs Chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis are three of the most prevalent STIs in the U.S. Both chlamydia and gonorrhea are bacterial infections, while trichomoniasis is caused by a parasite.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025 -
The tropical variety develops a parasite that can make butterflies sick and unable to reproduce.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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The fund—jointly managed by the city and municipal labor unions—currently supports premium-free coverage for roughly 960,000 active and retired workers and their dependents, according to The City and New York Focus.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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Taxpayers can also access their IRS Individual Online Account to view Forms W-2 and 1095-A. Ensure Accuracy of Filing Details Making simple mistakes can delay your refund: names, birth dates, and Social Security numbers (SSNs) for all dependents must match Social Security records.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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Creating a tower of sponge with knafeh proved challenging, though.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sea Salt Slide Tin $6 Jacobsen Salt Co. A clean sponge Anyone else grossed out at the thought of using the mystery sponge that’s been sitting in your Airbnb’s sink for God knows how long?—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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In Lynch’s festering neo-noir mystery from 1987, Hopper plays a chronic villain perpetually sipping from a tank of amyl nitrate and handing out hits as a way to manipulate his henchmen.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Back in Montana, every trip Jacob and company take to Bozeman and back is inevitably fraught with peril — if not instigated by dastardly rich guy Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) and/or his henchman Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn), then by the pitiless nature of extreme weather.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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