fornicated

past tense of fornicate

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Verb
  • The federal charges were dropped on the basis that the incentive programs the developers allegedly cheated were unconstitutional to begin with because of their focus on minority- and woman-owned businesses.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Still, the timing and the fact that Hines cheated at all is a major setback.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Friedman slept three hours the night before, in preparation for the unveiling of his biggest feat yet.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Feel like Bryson Tiller is being slept on and will be a factor by the end of the year.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 2019 parade saw the PLA unveil weapons including a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, a medium-range ballistic missile mated with a hypersonic glide vehicle, and its first undersea drone.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The motor is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission that powers all four wheels.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Fornicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fornicated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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