excrement
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The smell is "like excrement," said 68-year-old Patricio Velasquez, who shuts himself inside every summer due to the odor emanating from the dump.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
That’s because most cases of hantavirus, including Andes virus, are acquired directly from rodents or their excrement and not from other humans.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Humans can be infected with hantavirus by breathing in airborne excrement from some types of rats and mice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Near its tail, it also hosts a small group of worms that feed on its excrement.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026
The water looks odd under the beam, a colorless broth littered with a variety of objects: a bright orange; a man’s fedora with a brim of excrement; bits of paper like torn letters.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing excrement
Cesar Chavez's Commonwealth Club Address (1984)
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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A Dance with Dragons
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