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Recent Examples of midden
Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.
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Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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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Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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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Best of all, its RockDock Plus empties the dustbin for me for up to seven weeks.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
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And CDs are in the dustbin of history.—
Marc Silver,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The smell of manure and dirt wafted in the humid air.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The primary sources of nitrates in groundwater are from livestock manure and other nitrogen-rich fertilizers placed on crops by farmers and ranchers, experts said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The former junkyard is seen as ripe for future redevelopment, but an environmental clean-up is clearly a costly hurdle to be cleared.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The musical moves the action from a junkyard to the fashion and dance-forward world of ballroom culture — the underground cultural movement born in New York that for decades has created a safe space for self-expression particularly among the Black and Latino LGBTQ+ community.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Their guano is mined from caves for fertilizer.—
The Conversation,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Other common organic components include bat guano, earthworm castings, bone meal and seaweed meal.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Argentine officials suggested the hantavirus outbreak could have originated from a bird-watching outing that took the deceased Dutch couple to a landfill, where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the virus before boarding the ship, the Associated Press reported.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Scott-Henry also told the redevelopment commission that the city has removed barriers from the Lake Sandy Jo landfill superfund site to position it for redevelopment.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
Noun
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Release of dung increases soil organic carbon and helps build soil structure that improves water filtration and soil aeration.—
Paige Stein,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
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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
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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Hantavirus is contracted through inhalation or contact with rodent excrement or saliva.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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That’s because most cases of hantavirus, including Andes virus, are acquired directly from rodents or their excrement and not from other humans.—
Daniel Pastula,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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“Midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midden. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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