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consensual

[kuhn-sen-shoo-uhl] / kənˈsɛn ʃu əl /


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Manson said the claims were "horrible distortions of reality" and his "intimate relationships had always been entirely consensual".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I’m trying to find some consensual way into it, but I eventually just need to perform the romantic gesture of doing what feels right and what comes naturally to me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Everything we did was wholly consensual and we were having a great time," he said, when asked what he thought about the situation by his lawyer Sallie Bennett-Jenkins KC.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

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

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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