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Recent Examples of midden
Human poop was found in a 30-inch-deep midden inside the Cave of the Dead Children, according to a study published Oct. 22 in the journal.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Known to be pack rats, Allegheny woodrats will store large piles of food, called middens, in their dens.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Also plugging into the idea of tourism as education, marine biologist Cormac McGinley runs leave-no-trace fossil discovery walks and tours of the Burren’s lunar-like landscape, which take in sea caves, ancient middens, and color-popping anemones.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2025
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Known to be pack rats, Allegheny woodrats will store large piles of food, called middens, in their dens.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
In East Chisenbury, sheep dominated the feast, and while the midden contained hundreds of thousands of animals, research showed they were, in contrast, locally sourced.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Also plugging into the idea of tourism as education, marine biologist Cormac McGinley runs leave-no-trace fossil discovery walks and tours of the Burren’s lunar-like landscape, which take in sea caves, ancient middens, and color-popping anemones.
—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midden
Noun
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The Shark Matrix™ Plus 2-in-1 Self-Empty Robot Vacuum & Mop handles it all — carpets, hard floors, pet hair, and tricky corners — while emptying its own dustbin.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
12 Mar. 2026
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Thankfully, city officials—prodded by tenants and small-business owners, clergy and homeowners, and, yes, some landlords—rejected advice to consign neighborhoods such as East Flatbush to history’s dustbin.—
Michael Powell,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This may involve adding organic matter such as compost, aged manure, or peat moss.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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Solid manure from feedlots, poultry houses or composting dairy barns is spread and tilled under.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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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
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Most of it ends up in landfills or the ocean.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Connecticut’s troubles with trash began in 2022, when the state closed the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority’s waste-to-energy incinerator in Hartford, resulting in nearly 1 million tons of trash each year heading to landfills in Pennsylvania and Ohio.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.—
Alex Beam,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 May 2018
Noun
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Roach excrement was on a wall next to the three-compartment sink.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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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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“Midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midden. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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