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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

Courts across the country struggle with whether one person’s right to procreate outweighs another’s right to not become a parent against their will.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

“We don’t procreate enough to keep our population up,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 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 Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

He that procreates a person, he that rescues a person, and he that assigns the means of sustenance to a person are regarded as the three sires.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

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 Jelliffe, Smith Ely

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

For seeing Adam, and Eve, if they had not sinned, had lived on Earth Eternally, in their individuall persons; it is manifest, they should not continually have procreated their kind.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

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

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

It is not the 1800s; as with so many other aspects of procreating, the technology is available to navigate this.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2022

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

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