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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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Noun

Synthetic fertilizers are more likely to cause fertilizer burn than applications of aged manure, compost, or organic fertilizers.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
Hand weeding, rototilling, regrading to fill low spots, adding soil enhancements (manure) and finally seeding and watering.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of manure

Noun

Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.

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

— Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026

Definition of dung

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The image above shows pinkish-orange guano staining large sections of some of the Danger Islands, Heroína Island and Beagle Island.

— Brett Tingley, Space.com, 30 July 2026
From the 1860s onward, American companies transformed Navassa into an industrial mining colony that supplied guano to farms throughout the eastern United States.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of guano

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Realizing they are being had, Cubans respond to their government on the chat with emojis of excrement or the US flag.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The intense, carrion-like odor of the slime attracts insects, which then eat the slime and excrete it, with the spores later germinating in the excrement.

— Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

Definition of excrement

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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 the team explained, the poop responsible for modern ocean conditions is not much different from the poop on land—and the fertilizer used to grow everyone’s food.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
As a local yearly restaurant tradition, on the flip side of Miami Spice, there’s now North Miami Beach’s Le Genie failing state inspection in a flurry of flies and/or rodent poop.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of poop

Noun

Once more than 20 feet deep in some areas, Lake Jesup today is barely six feet deep as muck and other debris have accumulated on the bottom.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Yes, Nolan’s tendency to make the sound editing a bit murky or a bit too loud at times while the dialogue sinks into the sonic muck, all these things are true here.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of muck

Noun

Officials said deep peat soil, limited water supplies, difficult access and strong winds have complicated efforts, even with three helicopters conducting aerial firefighting operations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Two weeks ago, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a multibillion-dollar deal allowing US companies to build and operate nuclear power plants on Saudi soil over the next 30 years.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 9 Aug. 2026

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