urinate
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As they strolled through Paris's streets, Anaïs began to feel an inexplicable and uncontrollable need to urinate.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In reality, artificially boosting testosterone, especially if not medically indicated, can shrink testicles, lower sperm counts and even make it harder to urinate.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The incident occurred Saturday night when the off-duty deputy let the 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, named Santi, out into the yard to urinate, according to a news release by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Many went from waking up multiple times each night to urinate to waking only about once per night.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
I'd planned to urinate and maybe run a little water over my face, but now I had this to deal with.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
“When one chimpanzee urinates, others nearby are more likely to urinate within a short time frame,” Onishi said.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
If permission is granted but the tortoise urinates, which can cause them to become dangerously dehydrated, the soldiers must call it in again and wait for a base ecologist to respond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2024
She said she is drinking so little herself, she only urinates every other day.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
Several characters hide behind its mighty trunk; another urinates in it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
If, in addition to quivering, the animal urinates, no better sign could be looked for.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston
The elephants, after ransacking her house and eating her corn, urinated on what remained of her grain supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Over time, he said, they stamped ponds and urinated and defecated in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Terrified, the young boy urinated on himself and remained in his soiled clothes until he and his family were transferred to a Texas detention center.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
Taking care to not stress the animals or get too close, the researchers followed the monkeys, which are habituated to human presence, until they urinated.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2024
“You don’t know what animals have urinated there!”
From "George" by Alex Gino
But while receiving treatment, doctors found stones in his urinary bladder after noticing that he was experiencing difficulty urinating.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
People should not ignore prostate symptoms, such as difficulty urinating.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Also, the dog stained the oak floors by regularly urinating in the living room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Offstage, he was a doddering, stammering dad shuffling around rooms bustling with yapping tiny dogs urinating everywhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025
Defecating and urinating there were mandatory, as human waste was used as fertilizer on the camp farm.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
