defecate
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He said he had to urinate in plastic bottles and defecate in bin bags, and that the last time he had a shower was at the end of 2024.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 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
Another time, he went out to defecate in a field, and tanks started firing around him.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
Each set of six ate together, slept together, and had to urinate and defecate together.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
Then the bird defecates all over her wedding dress.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2020
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
After all, even when everyone defecates righteously, there are villages upstream from us.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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
The passerby says that Mr Neely had defecated on himself, and that this could be a sign he is dying.
From BBC ● May 12, 2023
The prisoners urinated and defecated wherever they could.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Suddenly, Stacy must confront that cabin and her dread of defecating in an outhouse.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 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
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
They also tried to refrain from defecating, believing that this would make them feel full and less obsessed with food.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
