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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

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

At school and during field work, all students had to ask permission to urinate or defecate.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

We see her meet-cute with Henry Golding when a bird defecates into one of her eyes.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019

After she is fired from her job for napping in the supply closet, she defecates on the floor of the gallery.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 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

The scientists have fed the bats pawpaw fruit and, once the bats have defecated on the tarpaulin, they take swabs of the bright orange droppings and store them in test tubes.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2023

Worse, they took him into the family, snatched his food, defecated on his doorstep, and hooted dislike at him.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

The birds have defaced houses in Mombasa by defecating on the walls and roofs, while many people shy away from sitting under tree shades for fear of being dirtied by their droppings.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

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