latrine
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Citizen Zoo has also set up camera traps and "latrine rafts" - floating rafts where the water voles defecate - to help gather evidence of the population on the Hogsmill.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The best weapon in the “Jackass’” arsenal isn’t the taser, the beehive or the booby-trapped latrine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The parasite analysis focused on sediment taken from a sewer drain connected to the latrine block of a bath complex dating to the 3rd century CE.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
There was no water, and the stench of the latrine was unbearable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
There was a ditch thirty or so yards distant that we employed as a latrine.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
His job hauling buckets of sewage from the latrines was no fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Buckets, placed in holds as latrines, were soon overflowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Pit latrines have also led to fatal accidents in other places.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
At 7:00 am, relatives brought packages: deodorant, toothpaste, soap and shampoo in labeled plastic bags, plus disinfectant and bleach -- provisions essential for maintaining hygiene in the latrines of tiny cells.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
We found concrete slabs where the latrines and shower rooms stood, and irrigation ditches, and here and there, the small rock arrangements that once decorated many of the entranceways.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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"Be Prepared" by Vera Brosgol
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