defecate
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Meanwhile, the locals in the nearby town of Gerlach, Nevada, worried about where all those people planned to defecate.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
"We've been encouraged to reduce all the time by fencing cattle away from riverbanks, so they don't tread the banks and defecate in the river," said Henry Collins, of the Wylye Valley Farmers.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
Giants eat, drink and defecate against the backdrop of a normally sized word.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
We see her meet-cute with Henry Golding when a bird defecates into one of her eyes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019
Keener’s in “Please Give” invites a homeless woman into her apartment to take a shower and the woman defecates on the floor.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
"I mean, somebody who defecates in public has mental health issues. It's as simple as that. If you're socialised, that's the last thing that you would do."
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2018
Snaps at people, defecates indoors, knows no boundaries.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2017
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
People defecated on the sidewalk or in yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
His care involved feeding him, changing his clothes and sheets, cleaning him up like a baby after he urinated and defecated, keeping him company, and reading to him.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Suddenly, Stacy must confront that cabin and her dread of defecating in an outhouse.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
In thirty years, we've gone from "white parrots" to "defecating squirrels".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
Toilets crawling with rats, maggots and flies became so noxious that neighbors began defecating on the surrounding dirt roads.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
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
At first they thought that pigeons defecating in their antenna were to blame, but after chasing away the birds and cleaning out the droppings, the hiss remained.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
