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Recent Examples of dunghill
In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.
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Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunghill
Noun
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Sullivan suggests planting a cover crop around the tree to retain moisture and adding horse manure to the base as a natural fertilizer.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
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Consider tilling compost or composted manure into the planting bed.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Now new research published February 11 in PLOS One offers evidence that a Peruvian civilization thriving before the rise of the Inca Empire in the early 1400s was applying guano from those islands to its maize crops by at least 1250.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
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In the 19th century, guano miners razed the place, removing most of the topsoil and leaving behind barren rock.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The alternative is open defecation – finding a secluded place despite the personal risks and the potential health consequences of untreated human excrement.—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
8 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, some employees lit up the screen with emojis of excrement, snakes, piles of cash, clown faces, circus tents and tomatoes.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Moreover, at higher temperatures, pine cones stored in middens, which act as a refrigerator, tend to spoil faster.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The rat then poops the worms out, and animals such as slugs and snails eat the poop.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The ideal poop frequency might surprise you.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Nebraska got bogged down in the winter muck after an end to the 2025 season marked by four losses in five games, the final three in ugly fashion.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Just get it a little damp before use and fully rinse the muck off when you’re finished.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When Fritz competes on home soil, his tennis often blooms.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Ford spent decades dumping hazardous waste, including paints, solvents, heavy metals, construction rubble and contaminated soil on the river floodplain into the 1960s, none of which was addressed when soils at Highland Bridge were cleaned to residential standards.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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