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Recent Examples of arousal
For those with prostates, perineal stimulation can also indirectly create deep arousal and enhance orgasm.
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Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
Additionally, some companies make prescription-strength arousal creams.
—Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
When one or both individuals are in a heightened state of arousal (marked by fear, anxiety or stress) the body shifts into survival mode.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
There are four motors to increase arousal and lubrication to the entire region, and there’s even an app for hands-free action.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 10 July 2025
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Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
Additionally, some companies make prescription-strength arousal creams.
—Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
When one or both individuals are in a heightened state of arousal (marked by fear, anxiety or stress) the body shifts into survival mode.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
There are four motors to increase arousal and lubrication to the entire region, and there’s even an app for hands-free action.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arousal
Noun
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Despite his intoxication, Paul allegedly continued driving the boat and crashed it into the Archer's Creek Bridge.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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There’s the bus stop on 12th Street and the liquor store on 11th Street, both magnets for public intoxication and drug deals.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
23 Oct. 2025
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Solomon said, in the current environment, with the promise of AI boosting Wall Street to new highs, the growth option is looking more and more realistic.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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After highs of around 69, lows will sink to roughly 38, according to NWS, with northwest winds of 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
3 Nov. 2025
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While some zodiac signs crave comfort, others chase the thrill (and the extra sugar), but at the end of the day, there’s no escaping the seasonal indulgence.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Find your thrills on a rafting tour with Smoky Mountain Outdoors Rafting in Hartford or River Rat in Townsend, Hawkins says.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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With arrangements that strategically pull instruments in and out to evoke vivid imagery, the song unfolds with dramatic twists while maintaining a sense of musical exhilaration.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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That rush—the mix of precision, danger, and raw exhilaration—stays with you.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Its hybrid engine adds yet one more screen to my instrument panel for monitoring electrification.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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Those three elements have come together to allow Ferrari to meet the electrification moment.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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More importantly, this origin story of a movie and a movement apes the joie de moviemaking and the jazzy looseness of the original to an absolutely amazing degree, replicating an off-the-cuff feeling that’s more than a second-hand buzz.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the main lobby, around 130 arcade games flash and buzz.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Arousal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arousal. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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