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Finally, to bring the day to a close, a senior monk gives a rousing speech, reminding the participants of their duty to procreate, before breaking into the national anthem.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The “aspirational vision of masculinity” Mr. Galloway offers is old school, centered around reviving men’s capacity to protect, provide and procreate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Yes, humans, like virtually every life form, have a need to procreate — but in aggregate, not individually.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Not only that, but the pupfish are believed to be one of the most inbred of all species, a lack of genetic variation that makes it difficult for the creatures to procreate and thrive.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2024

The most submissive, most appealing lambs were allowed to live longer and procreate.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

This is especially true of A. aegypti, because it procreates more rapidly and spreads more aggressively than triatomines.

From Nature ● Mar. 15, 2016

Especially in a world of insatiable electronic storytelling, real history procreates, endlessly conjuring new versions of itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Revenge is not of the bright French nature; but the sky of this island procreates it.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

The Law as the husband of the fruitful woman procreates many children.

From Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Theodore Graebner

The snake with its tail in its mouth is the cycle of the libido, the always rolling wheel of life, of procreation, which always procreates itself, and of the creation of the world.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe

Now that those resistant bed bugs have survived and procreated, humans are the ones who must adapt.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2024

The second, more damning letter, reads like a manifesto and notes that "persistence procreated the resistance."

From Fox News ● May 21, 2019

Any American who has ever procreated knows what a racket the baby industry is.

From Time ● Dec. 1, 2014

Do we look at men who have somehow not procreated as missing out? 

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2012

Therefore in the Declaration at the beginning, after the words, 'procreation of children,' I would insert, 'and as the means for securing to the children procreated enduring care, and that they may be' &c.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

In this case, Patterson said, her client has a strong interest in avoiding procreating against his will.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

Musk appears concerned about under-population: He's worried there won't be enough people to colonize Mars, and that wealthy people aren't procreating enough.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2022

My wife, obviously, for procreating with me and being such a good life partner.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

Now that we’re at an age in which our friends are procreating at what seems to me like a ridiculous rate, I find myself struggling to find the joy in any new pregnancy announcement.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2019

But they also light up when the brain interprets something as pleasurable, even if the behavior doesn’t appear to have the survival value of, say, eating or procreating.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel