safe sex

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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. 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
Noun
  • The State Department suspended processing applications from Americans seeking to update their passports with a new gender marker in January, shortly after President Trump signed an executive order proclaiming the U.S. recognizes only two unchangeable sexes, male and female.
    Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
  • President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January saying that the federal government will only recognize two sexes: male and female.
    Sonam Sheth Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After battling Bukele in public and her own embassy in private, Manes announced a pause in diplomatic relations and left El Salvador in late 2021.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In a further sign of growing Sino-Nigerian relations, Abuja is considering certifying China’s C919 commercial jet for use, Bloomberg reported.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Joseph was originally charged with forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment, and assault.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Oh, and the elk, which are busy sparring and bugling as part of their annual mating ritual.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Blue jay and green jay spottings in Texas The researchers attribute changes in weather patterns to the mating of the different birds.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • When coitus occurs, it’s scored by unctuous music.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In addition to being surrounded by storefronts and housing, the site borders the Green Line light rail station and the A Line bus stops along Snelling, key transit connections that were once expected to inspire commerce.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Sepphoris, as the capital, was the hub of trade, commerce, and government for the entire region of Galilee, located in its geographic center.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not often is an older woman’s sexuality celebrated on screen with such candor.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • What’s always been important to me is that Marina’s sexuality was a central theme of her life.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025

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