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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
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In a sign of how bitter relations have sunk, in January star Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman had his Indian Premier League contract abruptly canceled, prompting Dhaka to ban broadcasts of the league in retaliation.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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That effort ultimately was unsuccessful and helped create Lightfoot’s sour relations with the City Council toward the end of her single term.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Detectives with the sheriff’s Child Abuse Bureau led the investigation and obtained an arrest warrant for Rutherford on one count of oral copulation on a victim 10 years old or younger and three counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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In Heated Rivalry, there is consummation aplenty, but the copulation escalates in its own competitive terms.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Nov. 2025
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Schulte tagged nine mating pairs in Alaska and tracked them for three years.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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It is suspected North Carolina’s Outer Banks may be a white shark mating ground, but OCEARCH is still searching for definitive proof.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 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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On top of that, one of Colvin’s classmates, Jeremiah Reeves, had recently been arrested for having intercourse with a white woman.—
Essence,
Essence,
15 Jan. 2026
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British prosecutors said Johnston used threats and intimidation to force the woman into having intercourse with the men, per the outlet.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Data centers, which support artificial intelligence, social media, online commerce and other digital applications, require large quantities of electricity and water to keep the systems running and cool.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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State law and case precedent, often referred to as common law, provide trademark protection for marks used in commerce.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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In 1955, Universal arranged for closeted gay heartthrob Rock Hudson to be married off to his agent’s secretary amid swirling speculation about his sexuality.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
17 Feb. 2026
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The period leading up to his 2021 Instagram post about his sexuality was dark – Archuleta struggled with suicidal thoughts and depression.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Safe sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safe%20sex. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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