latrine
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Citizen Zoo has also set up camera traps and "latrine rafts" - floating rafts where the water voles defecate - to help gather evidence of the population on the Hogsmill.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
As Ruthye, Ridley’s crisp British elocution is the cleanest thing in the movie, which is shot by Rob Hardy in shades of mustard smog and latrine brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The parasite analysis focused on sediment taken from a sewer drain connected to the latrine block of a bath complex dating to the 3rd century CE.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
There was no water, and the stench of the latrine was unbearable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
They rebuilt the latrine with shiny zinc walls and added a new, more comfortable seat.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
His job hauling buckets of sewage from the latrines was no fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Buckets, placed in holds as latrines, were soon overflowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
In her first days back from the hospital, her body still healing, the new mom used the bathroom frequently, teetering back and forth to the overflowing latrines close to her house.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
Men carry buckets of water for the communal kitchens and improvised latrines while women stir massive pots over open flames.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
She’d filled and dug latrines for the legion.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing latrine
"Be Prepared" by Vera Brosgol
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Selection Vocabulary 3, Unit 2
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