I have done this throughout COVID for the NYTimes' content, as it's behind a paywall.
Interestingly, if you use Brave, it lets you hop to the tor versions of sites, and since NYTimes has a tor version, if you visit that, it’s paywall free.
I use Brave. How do I hop to the Tor version of a site?
If you go to a site that advertises (via HTTP header) that it has a Tor version, you'll get an "Open in Tor" button at the end of the address bar.