as in womanized
formal + disapproving
to have sexual intercourse
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Bondi forgave a crime that had put people’s lives at risk and cheated the government of vaccine doses that could have been given to others.—
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The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.—
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PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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The only person who’d come by in recent days was Tiffany, who’d slept over on Sunday night.—
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16 Jan. 2026
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The victim told police that Magee touched her as the two slept on an air mattress.—
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15 Jan. 2026
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But the program persevered, and though the MkI was given a 289 ci V-8—mated to a five-speed manual transaxle—the GT40 MkII featured a 427 ci V-8 along with a host of other enhancements.—
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Robb Report,
7 Jan. 2026
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That motor comes mated to a four-speed gearbox and semi-automatic centrifugal clutch – no clutch lever, no fuss.—
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“Fornicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fornicated. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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