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Recent Examples of copulate
He was groped over and under his clothes, forced to fondle and orally copulate the perpetrators and repeatedly raped.
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Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
Religious leaders specified days on which, for medical or liturgical reasons, married couples were not to copulate—one Irish rule book from the early seventh century excluded a good two-thirds of the year.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Once the toxin took effect, males mounted the females and copulated for between 40 and 75 minutes, without the risk of being gobbled up.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
On his shirt, little hippos copulated against a pastel-blue cotton background.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
Religious leaders specified days on which, for medical or liturgical reasons, married couples were not to copulate—one Irish rule book from the early seventh century excluded a good two-thirds of the year.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Once the toxin took effect, males mounted the females and copulated for between 40 and 75 minutes, without the risk of being gobbled up.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
On his shirt, little hippos copulated against a pastel-blue cotton background.
—airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copulate
sleep
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Prior to menopause, perimenopause can cause hormone levels to fluctuate, leading to unpleasant symptoms including hot flashes and sleep problems.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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His younger daughter barely slept that night.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulate. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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