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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.
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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
On his shirt, little hippos copulated against a pastel-blue cotton background.
—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
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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
On his shirt, little hippos copulated against a pastel-blue cotton background.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for copulate
sleep
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The cute post features a precious shot of baby Sully sleeping, wearing a onesie with trucks on it.—
Clea Haran,
Parents,
15 July 2025
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Resort teams often work around the clock during storms, sometimes sleeping on-site while trying to care for their own families and lives at the same time.—
Skye Sherman,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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“Copulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulate. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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