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urinate

[yoor-uh-neyt] / ˈjʊər əˌneɪt /
VERB
go to the bathroom
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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

Selam found life in the mountains of Tigray challenging: "For me it was difficult to urinate in the wild."

From BBC Mar. 5, 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

All of these differences, Yamamoto explained, could determine how contagiously each species of primate urinates.

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

The condition affects how one urinates and isn’t usually a serious health threat.

From Seattle Times Jan. 18, 2024

“Her mother badgered the school until they agreed to put a litter box in one of the stalls. So this girl goes into the litter room or to the girl’s room and urinates or whatever.”

From Washington Times Nov. 3, 2022

In the De Secretis Mulierum, wrongly attributed to Albertus Magnus, it is laid down that "the virgin urinates higher than the woman."

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis

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

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

Nearby, at Rage Ground, where people pay to vent their anger by breaking dishes and smashing cars, at least one homeless man has defecated and urinated outside the business.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 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

On another day the nuns got all excited because Colonel Aureliano Buendía had urinated under the chestnut tree without being concerned that the schoolgirls were in the courtyard.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Also, the dog stained the oak floors by regularly urinating in the living room.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

The former US ambassador was spotted urinating in a street in Notting Hill, west London after a late night visit to the home of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

During police interview he claimed his DNA must have transferred to her clothing as he had been sleeping and urinating in the area.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

Immediately after the ICE agents left, staff told the district’s executive management they they had seen them urinating in public view while on campus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2025

My gaze dropped to the bathroom mirror, but I didn’t much like what I saw there, so I closed my eyes until I finished urinating.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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