as in sleeps
to engage in sexual intercourse
the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate
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This tiny house keeps things simple with a single-level layout that sleeps up to two people.—
Adam Williams
April 11,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Page Six notes that Swift and Kelce would join celebrity couples Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, and Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber in tying the knot in the city that never sleeps.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Copulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulates. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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