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technical a person's desire to have sex They have healthy libidos.
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Recent Examples of libidos Our libidos are also vulnerable to our overall mental health, life stressors, and the sense of intimacy in our relationships. —
Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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This means fashion brands wanting to remain relevant must tap into the evolving desires, behaviors and concerns of a consumer who’s also navigating the AI shift themselves.— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
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During the Projeto Paradiso National Talent Meeting, many young filmmakers have voiced their desires to bring untold stories to the big screen and continue to expand a plural idea of Brazilianness through cinema internationally.— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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The situation is also an opportunity for NASA to resume the kind of risk-taking that has been lacking to shake the agency out of a post-space-shuttle lethargy and to reignite passions for reaching a stretch goal under deadline pressure.— Thomas Black, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
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This is true, now more than ever, but even a sclerotic Congress is susceptible to public passions.— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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The updraft knifed through the building, whose inhabitants were already suffering without heat or power for much of the winter as Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy system.— Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who went first Thursday, to the Raiders, shredded a subpar Bama defense, putting additional heat on Simpson.— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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