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Recent Examples of dunghillIn Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.—Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018 Its most abiding image involved a young woman lying on a dunghill and working herself to orgasm with the aid of a disembodied hand.—The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
Homeowners in the northwestern section of Somers are planning a large turnout at a hearing Tuesday night on whether an Ellington dairy should be allowed to dump large quantities of cow manure into a holding area near their houses.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025
Cooper advises enriching the soil with organic matter, like compost or aged manure, to get the right balance of nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
The dung heap is being dismantled by a scrum of hermit crabs.
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Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.
Although primarily related to bird guano and agriculture rather than bat guano and gunpowder, the Guano Islands Act highlighted just how strategically important guano had become in American history.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Per Live Science, the case highlights the importance of raising awareness of the danger of using bat guano as a fertilizer.
My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.
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Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.
Relieve constipation: Certain magnesium and phosphorus supplements can help relieve constipation by bringing water to your intestines and softening stool (poop).
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Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
22 Apr. 2025
Agri-Mark, the parent company of Cabot Creamery, has voluntarily recalled about 1,700 pounds of butter due to elevated levels of coliform bacteria, a type associated with fecal (poop) contamination, according to an enforcement report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Sovereignty’s Kentucky Derby victory in the muck at Churchill Downs sparked curiosity over whether the colt can build on his signature win over a possibly drier, faster surface on the Triple Crown trail.
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Gary B. Graves,
Baltimore Sun,
4 May 2025
The town of Grand Isle was stuck in the muck of disaster.
Brazil were awarded the hosting rights for World Cup 1950 and were therefore considered favourites to win it on home soil, just as Uruguay and Italy had done in 1930 and 1934 respectively.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
The news release said the researchers found the larvae were far more prevalent in places where soil was extremely dry and a lot of organic matter was present.
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