excrement

Large groups of black vultures have taken up residence in town, covering the quaint historic district in feathers and foul-smelling excrement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Specifically, he posted an A.I.-generated video of a fighter jet, piloted by himself in a literal crown, dropping human excrement onto the crowds.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

The smell is "like excrement," said 68-year-old Patricio Velasquez, who shuts himself inside every summer due to the odor emanating from the dump.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

That’s because most cases of hantavirus, including Andes virus, are acquired directly from rodents or their excrement and not from other humans.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

“One should be allowed to dance if one wishes to. And read Greek poetry, and make use of human excrement for the beautification of God’s earth.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

A path blooming with cow patties is likely to be less grueling than one marked only by the dark, nutlike excrements of goats, who can get up anywhere.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022

There, old wounds on trilobite shells abound, and fossil excrements, likely produced by trilobites, contain yet more trilobite shells.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022

However, I’m placing dog turds at the bottom of my list because I grew up in Rome, where I stepped on excrements more times than I can count.

From The Verge ● May 9, 2018

Our liquid excrements are salty, we can’t drink saltwater.

From The Guardian ● May 6, 2016

When he had advanced a few steps, the President recoiled, frightened by the stench from the excrements and from the corpses.

From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave