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urinal

[yoor-uh-nl] / ˈjʊər ə nl /


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The piece proved an immediate hit, with critics comparing it to ready-made master Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 porcelain urinal, “Fountain.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

The space, which also featured vintage saloon art, was small but cozy, comfortably holding about 10 to 15 people and boasting its own bathroom, complete with a urinal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

Bill Jackson, former director of the library, told BBC Scotland News he found old rotten furniture, ledgers, shoes and a slate urinal that were all more than 100 years old, but were waterlogged and damaged.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

Smoove: I don’t know if you guys have ever been through this, but I was at a urinal …

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

At our first rest stop, only forty miles into the voyage, a man follows me off the bus and into the bathroom, standing right next to me at a urinal.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

In the case of public toilets, such a justification "does not appear to exist" since the cost of building, maintaining and cleaning cubicles and urinals is basically the same, the professor said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

There are a total of 12 men's toilets with 67 stalls and urinals across the building, according to local media reports.

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

I base this not on any grand political theory but on how many times I stood next to members of Congress at urinals at DCA during my years living in D.C.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2025

We asked fellow Angelenos for their favorite tips for living in our city, and they gave us: tool-box charcuterie, urinals with a view and all kinds of ways to beat the city’s thorny traffic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

Jerry Grindstaff entered an empty men’s room, and, positioning himself at the center one of three urinals, unzipped his fly.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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