as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
female pandas are receptive to copulation for a short time once a year
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Recent Examples of copulation
More than likely, based on Golden State statutes, the eight years Weinstein received for the forcible oral copulation conviction will be reduced by a couple of years.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
After spending close to seven years in prison, Weinstein, 74, has still served less than half of his 16-year-sentence in California, where he was found guilty of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and penetration by foreign object against Jane Doe 1.
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Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
She was booked on allegations of sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration.
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Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Samantha Josephine Watson, 41, of Eastvale, was booked at the Robert Presley Jail on Friday on suspicion of sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration, according to a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
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Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
22 May 2026
Berera was initially charged with committing a lewd act on a child and oral copulation of a person under 16, court records show, but those counts were dropped through the plea deal.
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Nate Gartrell,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Berera was initially charged with committing a lewd act on a child and oral copulation of a person under 16, court records show, but those counts were dropped through the plea deal.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
The Valley overlaps geographically with the hippie homeland of San Francisco, Berkeley, and their environs, and there’s long been cross-pollination, if not orgiastic copulation, between the two spheres.
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Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
26 June 2026
After spending close to seven years in prison, Weinstein, 74, has still served less than half of his 16-year-sentence in California, where he was found guilty of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and penetration by foreign object against Jane Doe 1.
—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
She was booked on allegations of sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration.
—
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
Samantha Josephine Watson, 41, of Eastvale, was booked at the Robert Presley Jail on Friday on suspicion of sending harmful material to a juvenile, oral copulation and digital penetration, according to a news release from the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
22 May 2026
Berera was initially charged with committing a lewd act on a child and oral copulation of a person under 16, court records show, but those counts were dropped through the plea deal.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Berera was initially charged with committing a lewd act on a child and oral copulation of a person under 16, court records show, but those counts were dropped through the plea deal.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
The Valley overlaps geographically with the hippie homeland of San Francisco, Berkeley, and their environs, and there’s long been cross-pollination, if not orgiastic copulation, between the two spheres.
—
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for copulation
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The two counts of rape Høiby was convicted of did not involve intercourse.
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However, soy isoflavones didn’t appear to provide significant overall benefits for painful intercourse, hot flashes, night sweats, and psychological symptoms.
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In any number of species—elephant seals, red deer, rattlesnakes—the privilege of mating is settled by a fight.
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Both food and mating motivate humpback journeys in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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Emily Brontë’s telling of this narrative premise was, also, far ahead of its time, unadorned, stripped bare, always in immediate reach of the brutal facts of her characters’ relations and complications with each other.
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Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.
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“Copulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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