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But there was general agreement that most Central Floridians are seeing fewer of the copulating creepy-crawlies than in the past.
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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
He was groped over and under his clothes, forced to fondle and orally copulate the perpetrators and repeatedly raped.
—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
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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
He was groped over and under his clothes, forced to fondle and orally copulate the perpetrators and repeatedly raped.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copulate
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Sailors were treated for smoke inhalation and, according to multiple reports, the damage caused by the fire left hundreds of crew members sleeping on floors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Its compact interior sleeps up to two people and starts at a relatively affordable price too.—
Adam Williams
March 26,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulate. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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