defecate
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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
Meanwhile, the locals in the nearby town of Gerlach, Nevada, worried about where all those people planned to defecate.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Consider, then, taking in a mammal that can fell a tree, chew through wire, weighs 30 to 60 pounds full-grown, loves to wrestle, needs to swim and can only defecate in water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
In the cooler months of the year — historically from April to September — snakes become sluggish and may not eat, drink, defecate or even move for weeks at a time.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
Each set of six ate together, slept together, and had to urinate and defecate together.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
After she is fired from her job for napping in the supply closet, she defecates on the floor of the gallery.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2018
He’s now on a mission to promote better sanitation in India, a country where half the population still defecates in the open.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 25, 2017
She routinely accidentally passes gas, and occasionally actually accidentally defecates.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2014
“Slicing” is a term used by falconers to describe the way a hawk defecates.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2012
The hungry animal plucks and swallows the fruit, walks or flies off, and then spits out or defecates the seed somewhere far from its parent tree.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
A man tried to wrestle a Canada goose, while a woman defecated at the edge of the park’s lake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The digital pets, which need attending to when they are hungry, sick or have defecated on the virtual floor, grow up as users care for them -- but can die if they are neglected.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Between us, we have defecated in cat holes, WAG bags, and oil drums alongside service members of different genders and sexual identities.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2025
Sam told BBC Radio Somerset the fields where revellers "defecated" are for young livestock to graze.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2024
He urinated and defecated into a tin pan.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
The odd-looking waste management system looks a bit like a futuristic torture device, with a crenelated funnel and hose to suck up urine and a small, vacuum-sealed hole for defecating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
They’ve complained about TikTokers trespassing onto countryside farms, tourists defecating on private property and near-fist fights over trailhead parking—not to mention unsafe traffic blockages on narrow roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
That was followed by a fart noise, calling back to a previous joke about a horse defecating in front of Trump during his state visit to the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
An infected individual usually feels restless and spends a lot of time defecating watery diarrhea.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024
Urinating, defecating, passing wind, staring at me and laughing... cheeee... cheeeee... cheeeee....
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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