dung
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The dung blocks the sun and allows heat to escape, while the rough cloth allows some air to pass through, she explained.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
In “The Getaway”—filmed twice for the big screen—Doc and Carol McCoy conclude their escape hiding in caves, then a hut made of dung, before they end up in the infernal domain of El Rey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Of particular concern are dung-feeding insects such as flies, dung beetles, and some butterflies.
From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026
“Powdered stone worked. So did lizard’s blood and crocodile dung, and pig’s teeth and dolphin’s genitalia and frog’s sperm,” as psychologist Irving Kirsch later explained it.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026
My mother has lived her whole life in a hut made of sticks and cow dung, and you could put everything she owns on the seat of a chair.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
Vocabulary lists containing dung
Metaphors from Top AP English Exam Novels
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Home of the Brave
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"Death of a Naturalist" by Seamus Heaney
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