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The research highlights that identical brain circuits may underlie mating behaviors in both sexes, but operate through fundamentally different mechanisms depending on the hormonal state.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025 -
An order Trump signed on Jan. 20, his first day back, proclaims that the U.S. recognizes only two unchangeable sexes, male and female.—
Brooke Migdon,
The Hill,
16 July 2025
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.—
Mattia Dognini,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
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Paul, upon learning of their coitus, does not take it well.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
19 May 2025
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Villanueva, his instincts honed by his decades of service as a lawman, intuits that the only way a human being can reasonably incur a rug burn is via high-friction hotel room coitus with a 250-pound man.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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Menopausal declines in estrogen also may cause vaginal dryness, decreased libido and discomfort during intercourse.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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In particular, three symptoms—vaginal dryness, painful intercourse, and increased urinary tract infections, hot flashes, and sleep quality—often emerge as particularly severe for breast cancer patients.—
Chloe Castleberry,
Flow Space,
16 June 2025
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Leland was sentenced July 25 after pleading guilty to interference with commerce by threat or violence, in violation of the Hobbs Act, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and being an armed career criminal in possession of a firearm, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
28 July 2025
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Writing for the Court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. concluded that federal antitrust claims brought against MLB were not appropriate since federal antitrust law requires interstate commerce, meaning the movement of people, goods and services that cross from one state into another.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2025
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Doja Cat joins internet mockery of Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle jeans ad As debate continues to rage over when a woman's sexuality is her own, how it can be ethically employed, and where the marketing budget comes in, Sweeney's ad did not stick the landing with viewers.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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Seven patrons of Llano County public libraries filed the lawsuit in 2022 after the county removed 17 books targeted by a group of conservative Christian activists for their content on race, gender and sexuality, as well as some children’s books that contained nudity.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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