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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

A little boy squatted on the ground and began to defecate, and a mangy dog ran up to sniff him.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

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

Since you don’t say otherwise, I assume when he defecates it is in the toilet.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2015

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

He then defecated in the bathtub of his room in an act "that damaged hotel property and violated public order and good morals", said the CXA statement.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023

As parts of the fruit that we actually take into our mouths, strawberry seeds are tiny and inevitably swallowed and defecated, but other seeds are large enough to be spat out.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

And within moments of introducing him, the camera captures him defecating in the open because he has no other choice.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 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

A website with a poop emoji as its mascot sprang up to coordinate hundreds, if not thousands of people defecating along the banks on the day of her swim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2024

Queenie squats in front of him, defecating loosely, scootching a few inches forward after each fresh burst of liquid.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen