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Some animals have complex mating rituals before they copulate.
the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate
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The Santal, in South Asia, believed that witches (always female) copulated with spirit familiars and devoured the organs of children.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
He was groped over and under his clothes, forced to fondle and orally copulate the perpetrators and repeatedly raped.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
Religious leaders specified days on which, for medical or liturgical reasons, married couples were not to copulate—one Irish rule book from the early seventh century excluded a good two-thirds of the year.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Once the toxin took effect, males mounted the females and copulated for between 40 and 75 minutes, without the risk of being gobbled up.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
He was groped over and under his clothes, forced to fondle and orally copulate the perpetrators and repeatedly raped.
—Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
Religious leaders specified days on which, for medical or liturgical reasons, married couples were not to copulate—one Irish rule book from the early seventh century excluded a good two-thirds of the year.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Once the toxin took effect, males mounted the females and copulated for between 40 and 75 minutes, without the risk of being gobbled up.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copulate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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copulate
intransitive verb
cop·u·late
ˈkäp-yə-ˌlāt 
copulated; copulating
1
: to engage in sexual intercourse
2
of gametes
: to fuse permanently compare conjugate sense 1
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