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Recent Examples of copulate
On his shirt, little hippos copulated against a pastel-blue cotton background.
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airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The lawsuit alleges Harris comforted the boy and during the encounter began forcibly orally copulating the teen.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Its first appearance in American print resulted from an 1846 Missouri court case in which a man stood accused of copulating with a horse.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Advertisement All of the male apes at the sanctuary receive vasectomies, but that does not preclude them from copulating.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
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airmail.news, 7 Dec. 2024
Advertisement The lawsuit alleges Harris comforted the boy and during the encounter began forcibly orally copulating the teen.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Its first appearance in American print resulted from an 1846 Missouri court case in which a man stood accused of copulating with a horse.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Advertisement All of the male apes at the sanctuary receive vasectomies, but that does not preclude them from copulating.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copulate
sleep
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The child was sleeping between her 27-year-old mother and stepfather when the dog attacked her.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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June finally makes her way to Luke (O-T Fagbenle), who apparently hasn't slept since rescuing the handmaids at the gallows.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulate. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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