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Recent Examples of copulate
These guppies also attempted to sneakily copulate with the females more often.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
Male bees are fooled by these lookalikes and will attempt to copulate with them and, in doing so, will spread the pollen of the orchid.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
But there was general agreement that most Central Floridians are seeing fewer of the copulating creepy-crawlies than in the past.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025
The Santal, in South Asia, believed that witches (always female) copulated with spirit familiars and devoured the organs of children.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
Male bees are fooled by these lookalikes and will attempt to copulate with them and, in doing so, will spread the pollen of the orchid.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
But there was general agreement that most Central Floridians are seeing fewer of the copulating creepy-crawlies than in the past.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025
The Santal, in South Asia, believed that witches (always female) copulated with spirit familiars and devoured the organs of children.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copulate
sleep
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Investigators say that Bush reported the child was sleeping next to her on the inner part of the bed.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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In their mobile home, the kids share the bedrooms and Mirabel sleeps on the couch.—
Sam Fuqua,
NPR,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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