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Recent Examples of safe sex
Volunteers target a basketball court in the community, where young men gather, and hand out a safe sex kit, which includes condoms.
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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
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 World Ultimate Athletics Championships, which debut next September (as a finals-only global, international competition), are excluding men’s triple jump and women’s hammer throw, as well as shot put and discus for both sexes.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Ironically, stiff upper lips seem to have almost vanished as both sexes burst into tears if anything either lovely or lousy happens to them.—
Jilly Cooper,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
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Some have responded by becoming more protectionist or looking to foster relations with China, which has tried to be seen as a promoter of free trade.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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Citywide, Detroit's two at-large council members, Incumbents Coleman Young II and and Mary Waters, are running for reelection in a field that includes former City Council member Janee’ Ayers and James Harris, a community relations chief for the Detroit Fire Department.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Joseph was originally charged with forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment, and assault.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Duran was arrested and booked into jail on charges of oral copulation with a minor under the age of 18, deputies said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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To combat the spread of the flies, the USDA disperses sterile flies into the area to stop the mating, a scientific method known as sterile insect technique (SIT).—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Since these ticks are parthenogenetic, meaning an individual female can lay eggs without mating, essentially cloning herself, male ticks are rare.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
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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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There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025
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One 2024 survey found that about 60 percent of college students reported having had vaginal intercourse; a 2022 Pew Research survey reported that more than half of all adults under 30 were in a relationship at the time.—
Molly Langmuir,
The Atlantic,
25 Sep. 2025
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More than a place for commerce, the brand sees the flagships as cultural hubs that combine art, luxury, architecture and craft in one space.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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This long-sleeve set from Cozy Earth is impossibly soft, according to senior commerce editor Nashia Baker.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
28 Oct. 2025
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Quiroga Chaparro fled Colombia to escape persecution based on his sexuality after attending a gay pride event, his husband said.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Amenabar seems to root his screenplay on conjectures about the writer’s sexuality, which many scholars consider latterday projection.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Safe sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safe%20sex. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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