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Children as young as 12 are being confined alone for hours without access to bathrooms, education, or recreation, in some cases forced to urinate or defecate in bottles or garbage bins.
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Gladys Carrión, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
Twenty-seven women were forced into a small holding cell after spending hours cuffed and chained on a bus where guards refused to give them food, water, or access to a toilet, according to USA Today; they were told to urinate on the floor.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
According to a report from The Washington Post at the time, sailors had to resort to urinating in showers or into the industrial sinks at their work stations.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Stingley was foaming at the mouth and had urinated through his clothes.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
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Gladys Carrión, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
Twenty-seven women were forced into a small holding cell after spending hours cuffed and chained on a bus where guards refused to give them food, water, or access to a toilet, according to USA Today; they were told to urinate on the floor.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
According to a report from The Washington Post at the time, sailors had to resort to urinating in showers or into the industrial sinks at their work stations.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Stingley was foaming at the mouth and had urinated through his clothes.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Urinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urinate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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urinate
intransitive verb
uri·nate
ˈyu̇r-ə-ˌnāt 
urinated; urinating
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