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Recent Examples of safe sex
Parents might also consider that their teen could be removing body hair in the hopes of impressing a crush, which is why this also could be an opening to talk about safe sex and reproductive health.
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Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025
In this decade, practicing safe sex (which likely involves some sort of birth control) is important.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 17 Dec. 2025
Volunteers target a basketball court in the community, where young men gather, and hand out a safe sex kit, which includes condoms.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Spears said one of the lockers is located at a coffee shop between two Catholic schools, targeting students who might not have safe sex supplies readily available to them.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025
In this decade, practicing safe sex (which likely involves some sort of birth control) is important.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 17 Dec. 2025
Volunteers target a basketball court in the community, where young men gather, and hand out a safe sex kit, which includes condoms.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Spears said one of the lockers is located at a coffee shop between two Catholic schools, targeting students who might not have safe sex supplies readily available to them.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for safe sex
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The findings, from 1,592 U.S. citizens of different ages, sexes, races and incomes, were collected between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
28 Dec. 2025
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On his first day in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, relations with those who are closest to you are warm and helpful.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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As many as 14 San Diego police personnel converged on the scene, including a lieutenant, a sergeant, two detectives and a media relations officer, the plaintiff’s lawyers said.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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She was booked on allegations of sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Samantha Josephine Watson, 41, of Eastvale, was booked at the Robert Presley Jail on Friday on suspicion of sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration, according to a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
22 May 2026
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Then rest is for beauty, and beauty is for mating.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Researchers from the University of Hawaii have also found that Olowalu in particular is a mating hub for tiger sharks, according to Hawaii News Now.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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What this means for me, practically speaking, is that the director wants a close-up of my face as my character Joe is deep in dissociative reverie mid-coitus.—
Sophie Ansari,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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When coitus occurs, it’s scored by unctuous music.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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However, soy isoflavones didn’t appear to provide significant overall benefits for painful intercourse, hot flashes, night sweats, and psychological symptoms.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
22 May 2026
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Your Sex Drive in Your 60s and Beyond Close to 50% of women over the age of 60 suffer from vaginal dryness, decreased vaginal lubrication, pain during intercourse and trouble, or inability, to reach an orgasm.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
18 May 2026
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The announcement marks another step in Meta’s broader effort to expand generative AI across its consumer and business ecosystem as messaging platforms increasingly evolve into commerce hubs.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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One such project was live commerce à la QVC via streaming, which no customers were asking Macy’s for.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Franklyn and Cooper cofounded their podcast Call Her Daddy in 2018, which quickly became an internet sensation for its honest and humorous conversations about female sexuality and dating.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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Often used as a symbol for the LGBTQ+ community, the colors of this flag represent the diverse spectrum of human sexuality and gender.—
Nicole Harris,
Parents,
2 June 2026
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“Safe sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safe%20sex. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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