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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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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
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The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
23 Dec. 2025
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The Winneshiek County dairy with about 330 head of dairy cattle has been cited for two previous fish kill incidents, where manure leaked from the operation into a tributary of Dry Run Creek.—
Cami Koons,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
10 Feb. 2026
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Keep the plant three or more feet from the home and prepare the ground with compost, peat moss or manure.—
Tom Macklin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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When Mayer Humdinger's scheme goes awry, the home of junkyard kitten Percy ends up in shambles.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
27 Jan. 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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This process turns a waste management burden into a manufacturing asset by diverting bread from methane-emitting landfills and replacing it with hydrogen derived from fossil fuels.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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The initiative, which held an event last November, is aimed at keeping housewares and even clothing from the landfill.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
23 Feb. 2026
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The streets are begrimed by factory smoke, fecund with horse dung and lit by lanterns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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These rodents left 15 pieces of dung on top of the dishwasher.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.—
Alex Beam,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 May 2018
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Now that temperatures have picked up and the snow is finally melting, weeks’ worth of animal excrement is thawing out and new piles are added every day.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
17 Feb. 2026
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The piercing doesn't necessarily damage the trees, but their excrement, which is high in sugar, stains the trees and blocks photosynthesis, which eventually suffocates the trees, the researchers said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Midden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midden. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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