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manure

noun

Definition of manure

as in soil

solid discharge from farm animals that is used to make soil better for growing plants a bag of cow manure

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Recent Examples of manure Even manures, unless composted,can contain ready-to-sprout seeds. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 In a small town, several dead people are brought back to life through a strange ritual involving burning duck manure. — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 And that's dwarfed by the 215 billion pounds of manure coming out of Iowa's livestock facilities annually, much of it also spread on fields. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 15 Sep. 2026 Suckers for a touch of whimsy, the company’s window dressers once garnished a display inspired by the Garde Républicaine, a famous French cavalry division, with a pile of horse manure. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for manure

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Introduced crawling through the Trask family’s field, her black blood spattering their rich soil like a human pesticide, Cathy personifies the series’ potent blend of dread and beauty.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026
During dry periods, soil-dwelling bacteria produce a compound called geosmin that deters insects such as fruit flies.

— Gregory Wakeman, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of soil

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During the first re-inspection, the inspector saw about 10 pieces of rodent dung under the air-conditioning unit, seven in the hallway by the back door and three under storage by the hallway bathroom.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
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

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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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Under a black coat, the petite and poised Navarrette sits on a stool.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Wayne became the third leg of the stool for people like Dominick Dunne, who had a knack for earning people’s confidence and could spin a hell of a yarn.

— Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

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