copulates

present tense third-person singular of copulate
as in sleeps
to engage in sexual intercourse the time of year when deer in the wild are likely to copulate

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sleeps
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  • Conclusion Somewhere tonight, a car on a random street here in the UK is silently feeding power back into the grid while its owner sleeps!
    Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Pick your poison, babe, for a Swift-centric escape in the city that never sleeps.
    Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
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“Copulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copulates. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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