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Noun
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The defense, with its framing, wanted to awaken any latent unease that a juror—an older one, perhaps—might feel toward the preceding years of correction between the sexes.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025 -
Trump has signed executive orders proclaiming the government will recognize only two sexes, male and female.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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The concerns over trade relations stem from a history of tariffs, sanctions, and disputes that have strained the ties between the world's two largest economies.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Paul, upon learning of their coitus, does not take it well.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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Villanueva, his instincts honed by his decades of service as a lawman, intuits that the only way a human being can reasonably incur a rug burn is via high-friction hotel room coitus with a 250-pound man.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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The bottom line for developers is all about keeping the IT stack secure, enabling new agent-to-agent intercourse to happen… and still keep the existing operational lights on.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Things escalated, and soon enough Jane was undressing and having intercourse with Don.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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Both Glamour commerce director Brie Schwartz and style commerce editor Jake Henry Smith own and love Melissa’s iconic Possession sandals, which kicked off the original jelly sandals craze back in the ’80s.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
15 July 2025
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Baek believes the future of K-beauty—and commerce more broadly—won't be shaped by ads or product launches but by trust, authenticity, and people.—
Angela Chan-Danisi,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Her work covers a broad range of issues, including education, poverty, race, sexuality, and criminal justice.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 July 2025
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The most common themes in the removed books include race, sexuality and gender identity, along with topics involving struggles with substance abuse, suicide, depression and other mental health issues, according to PEN America.—
Rachel Wegner,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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