as in slept
to engage in sexual intercourse
the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate
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Their everyday lives consisted of slogging through an intense tour schedule and stuffing all four members into one hotel room — sometimes, lead singer Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley even slept on the hotel room floor.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
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Her friends slept on the floor in her dorm room beside her.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Copulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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