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Recent Examples of midden
Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.
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Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
Human poop was found in a 30-inch-deep midden inside the Cave of the Dead Children, according to a study published Oct. 22 in the journal.
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Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
To protect their middens, woodrats pile dry leaves at the den entrances.
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Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
15 Oct. 2025
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,
7 Jan. 2025
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Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
Human poop was found in a 30-inch-deep midden inside the Cave of the Dead Children, according to a study published Oct. 22 in the journal.
—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
To protect their middens, woodrats pile dry leaves at the den entrances.
—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
15 Oct. 2025
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.
—
Sarah James,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midden
Noun
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Plus, its dock automatically empties the dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, and can go up to 65 days between dustbin changes.
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The suction power easily keeps up with her toddler’s Cheerio spills, and the dustbin is still large enough to clean her entire split-level home in one pass.
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The spores can be found in soil, dust and animal manure.
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The car ended up high-centered on the edge of the manure pile.
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Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible.
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Oh, and there’s also the plot following a community of junkyard pussycats competing in a talent show to decide who is allowed to die and be reborn in the Heaviside Layer — cat heaven.
Noun
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The accumulation of guano can cause the growth of the histoplasmosis fungus, which can cause severe respiratory problems in humans.
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The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
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When applied to textiles, EPR regulations could potentially increase circularity measures around the globe and divert a significant amount of waste from landfills.
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The 85 million pounds of food, including meat and fish, is expected to be hauled to multiple landfills in Los Angeles, Ventura and Riverside counties.
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When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.
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The team ended up with a jar of elephant dung scent.
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When Job, who is on a dunghill, oozing pus, after the death of his entire family, accuses God of needless cruelty, God appears in the form of a whirlwind, chastising Job for expecting something as measly as fairness from the Creator of the Universe.
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In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.
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Nutrient inputs include decaying leaf litter and bird excrement that are deposited in the pool directly, along with fertilizer runoff and sewage, which enters the Potomac River and the Tidal Basin.
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Approximately 3 roach excrement droppings inside of soap dispenser.
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“Midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midden. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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