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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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The challenge is that manure is already extremely nutrient-dense—often providing far more nitrogen and phosphorus than even a productive garden requires.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Dani Replogle, a staff attorney for Food and Water Watch, a nonprofit for sustainable food and clean water, said factory farm operators try to plan manure and fertilizer applications when precipitation is unlikely.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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They can be sampled using standardized trapping methods worldwide, since they are easily attracted to dung and carrion, which allows for comparable data across different regions.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2026
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Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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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When the snow finally melted, the excrement of a city was left behind.—
TIM CRAIG THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2026
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About 10 or more pieces of roach excrement were on shelves behind the steam table.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Now, researchers plan to extend their investigations to nearby early settlement sites to determine if Culasawani is a midden or muddle.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Remnants of shell middens (high mounds of shells accumulated from long term group settlement) can still be found within the reserve.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Now, fibermaxxing is coming for its glory, with the humble nutrient promising not only smoother, more satisfying poops but also benefits for metabolic health, heart health, and then some.—
Michele Ross,
SELF,
8 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, critics in the anti-dog camp, some of whom seemed to object to the very concept of urban dogs, argued the poop proposals did not go nearly far enough.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cormorants that tried to clean each other with their beaks died after ingesting the viscous muck.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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As the men tumbled down the grade’s shoulder into muck and brush, the speeders rammed together.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The trigger for the entertainment ban was a South Korean decision to allow the United States to deploy an anti-missile system on its soil.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Keep in mind that weeds have evolved some very strong strategies to thrive in disturbed soil, despite farmers’ exhaustive efforts to control them.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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