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Space exploration is a symbol of science at its most sophisticated, but the subject has always elicited a few prurient chuckles among civilians about what day-to-day life must really be like for the astronauts.—
Michael Tedder,
The Atlantic,
12 Apr. 2026 -
Once printed, less prurient versions of these portraits would be displayed below the marquee at the Teatro Maipo, like religious icons in a vending machine, on the street-level exterior of the venue.—
Bryan Barcena,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Detectives began their investigation on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a report of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
7 May 2026
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Darnay Luckie, also known as Ledarnay Luckie Fontenette, was booked Wednesday on multiple allegations of lewd or lascivious acts upon a child who is 14 or 15 years old, according to online arrest logs.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2026
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But to our wonderful surprise, O’Hara is equally adept at slapstick hijinks, as the lustful ladies get sufficiently sozzled awaiting their mysterious beau.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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And, no doubt, women in the original 1920s audience presumably had comparable lustful desires as the pair on stage; this was hardly the only Coward comedy of its era to be used for foreplay.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Jean is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation on a child 12-16 years old and battery.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Dropping your underwear to flash people and commit lewd acts in front of them is criminal.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Faced with that reality, our inability to relate to one another becomes almost obscene.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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For instance, the ruling recognized that the government’s need to protect national security might require it to prevent publication of the number and location of troops and that the primary requirements of decency might require censorship of obscene publications.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There are several variations on classic trivia packaged into different games, as well as a one-letter-guessing game that’s suggestive of Jeopardy.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Our guidance to them was to be helpful to clients, suggestive as opposed to pushy and to allow consumers plenty of room to experiment/sample.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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Professor Glen-Peter Ahlers, 71, was arrested in February after at least hundreds of pornographic photos and videos of children were found on his hard drive.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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The illicit chatbots allegedly produced pornographic images.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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But the specific French dispensation—the idea that a man’s erotic life exists outside the moral world of his other obligations, that the wife and the mistress are a civilized arrangement, that desire is sovereign—this mythology did not make the crossing with me, or did not survive it intact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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The Florida native, who studied sculpture in college and has an academic interest in erotic art and kitsch, spent 15 years with Playboy (partly as a Cyber Girl, the virtual equivalent of the in-print Playmate), and joined OnlyFans in 2020 before purchasing the home she’s dubbed Ho Château.—
Zoey Goto,
Architectural Digest,
6 May 2026
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“Autoerotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autoerotic. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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