First recorded in 1945–50
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They should observe a drone-operation center and learn about the enterprise and wit of the private citizens who are innovating, adapting and making Ukraine a promising place in the free world to do business.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
"The soldiers who once called each other Redcoats and Yankees became the Tommies and the GIs who together saved the free world," he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
We’re just putting him in charge of the free world.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025
The Dalai Lama has said previously that his successor would be born in the "free world" outside China.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
Row by row we marched single file out the door, down the stairs, and into the free world where the sun was shining.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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