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dunghill

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Recent Examples of dunghill In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill. — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018

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Nutrients that aren’t absorbed are largely excreted, contributing to the mineral load in manure.

— Aidan Connolly, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The Faaborgs raised around 8,000 hogs each year, producing roughly a million gallons of liquid manure.

— Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of manure

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In southern India, for example, villagers are allowing – and even paying – herders to use their land in exchange for dung, the natural fertilizer that farmers need to produce higher-value organic crops.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.

— David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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The pink tint of the guano reveals the balance of krill and fish in the penguins’ diet, allowing scientists to monitor the remote colonies and observe how the decline of Antarctic sea ice is altering the region’s food web.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Ocean-going seabirds feed at sea, return to the cliffs to breed, their guano transporting marine nutrients onto land and fertilizing the ground below.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026

Definition of midden

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As feminists fought patriarchy’s attempt to render women vulnerable socially and leave us dependent on men for money and more, the all-too-human inevitability of vulnerability and dependence got lost in the muck.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
The film could have only benefited from narrowing its scope away from all the government muck, an attempt to flesh out a mythology for its villains that are scarier simply as faceless, mysterious weapons of mass destruction.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of muck

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Key Takeaways Aeration improves soil health by reducing compaction and helping nutrients reach grass roots.

— Lauren David, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026
The project explores how hydroponic growing—which grows crops in water instead of soil—and AI can reduce cotton’s reliance on these resources.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

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