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coupling

[kuhp-ling] / ˈkʌp lɪŋ /


NOUN
sexual intercourse
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Protracted court battles around the country over everything from pets to property show how laws haven’t kept up with the changing ways people are coupling up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Other faults have since been found with a coupling and a bow thruster, and it is likely to be out of action until early next week.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Nicole Reber, an L.A.-based real estate agent, was giving “’90s sparkle princess,” coupling a pair of Chanel loafers with a vintage Escada jacket that’s “highly underrated.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Through capacitive coupling, that charge may generate intense electric fields inside microscopic voids within fractured rock.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

He has me sit down and uses an Allen wrench to loosen the top coupling.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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