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Also plugging into the idea of tourism as education, marine biologist Cormac McGinley runs leave-no-trace fossil discovery walks and tours of the Burren’s lunar-like landscape, which take in sea caves, ancient middens, and color-popping anemones.
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Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
Although the bones of fish, cattle, sheep and pig were pulled out of the middens (halos of garbage dumped from the huts above), there was no evidence of human casualties.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The land has been largely untouched for centuries — the Mocama and the Guale tribes had a presence on neighboring St. Simons Island, and while there is little information about Indigenous groups on Little St. Simons, shell middens suggest there was travel between the two.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
The restroom is around the corner, reached by walking past the mosquito-breeding experiment that is a midden of old tires.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
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Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2024
Although the bones of fish, cattle, sheep and pig were pulled out of the middens (halos of garbage dumped from the huts above), there was no evidence of human casualties.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The land has been largely untouched for centuries — the Mocama and the Guale tribes had a presence on neighboring St. Simons Island, and while there is little information about Indigenous groups on Little St. Simons, shell middens suggest there was travel between the two.
—Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
The restroom is around the corner, reached by walking past the mosquito-breeding experiment that is a midden of old tires.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midden
Noun
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The vacuum is also equipped with a high-efficiency filter and a handy dustbin that can be emptied with the push of a button.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Its brush roll didn’t get tangled over time, despite its dustbin bursting with fur after each run.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Homeowners in the northwestern section of Somers are planning a large turnout at a hearing Tuesday night on whether an Ellington dairy should be allowed to dump large quantities of cow manure into a holding area near their houses.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025
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Cooper advises enriching the soil with organic matter, like compost or aged manure, to get the right balance of nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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The series follows a team of collectors in search of antique items found in junkyards, old barns and more.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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At Melancholy, one of Salt Lake City's newest wine bars, patrons can enjoy their sips surrounded by antiques and junkyard discoveries that tell their own stories.—
Kim Bojórquez,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Although primarily related to bird guano and agriculture rather than bat guano and gunpowder, the Guano Islands Act highlighted just how strategically important guano had become in American history.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Per Live Science, the case highlights the importance of raising awareness of the danger of using bat guano as a fertilizer.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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Since 2010, the program has diverted more than 1.7 million pounds of food that would have otherwise gone to landfills to help feed those experiencing food insecurity.—
Gary Occhiogrosso,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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From straws and bags to take-out containers, single-use plastics crowd landfills and clog waterways.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
22 May 2025
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The dung heap is being dismantled by a scrum of hermit crabs.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.—
Alex Beam,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 May 2018
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Its most abiding image involved a young woman lying on a dunghill and working herself to orgasm with the aid of a disembodied hand.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
1 Feb. 2018
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Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midden. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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