making love

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A feature debut by veteran English theater director Polly Findlay, “Midwinter Break” trains a microscope on the hidden cracks in a comfortable and even passionate relationship; Gerry and Stella still enjoy making love.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

In Turkey, Poland and elsewhere, democratic activists and politicians have turned back tyranny by making love a central part of their strategies.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Mouginot, a biological anthropologist at Boston University, hadn’t expected such behavior from bonobos, which, unlike chimps, have a reputation for making love, not war.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 12, 2024

Such services have apparently become so successful at making love connections that even otters are getting set up online.

From Fox News • Dec. 9, 2020

To sit there listening to Aunt Hester chirping and Uncle Reuben prosing, and see the blue eyes making love, in eloquent silence, to the black ones, was almost too much for human nature to endure.

From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes