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footloose

[foot-loos] / ˈfʊtˌlus /


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As it turned out, that drive in early 1946 did more than anyone could have imagined to establish the road as a symbol of footloose American freedom.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Such deceptions mounted as footloose youth matured into a “pathologically restless” adulthood, to quote Matthiessen from a letter to Plimpton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

"If they leave, either the jobs disappear entirely, or factories scrabble to receive orders from footloose buying agents who care only about cheap labour and do not worry about factory conditions," Bowman told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023

He left in 2016, spending his days footloose and fancy-free at the Oakland Zoo.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

It should not be denied . .. that being footloose has always ex-hilarated us.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer


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