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night soil

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as in soil

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Recent Examples of night soil This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s. — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023 The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet. — oregonlive, 1 May 2021 For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food. — Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021

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Officials said deep peat soil, limited water supplies, difficult access and strong winds have complicated efforts, even with three helicopters conducting aerial firefighting operations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Two weeks ago, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed a multibillion-dollar deal allowing US companies to build and operate nuclear power plants on Saudi soil over the next 30 years.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of soil

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Three men in their 70s were slightly injured — two of them were caught in the wind and a third one fell from a stool, apparently blown off by the wind while preparing for the storm, the Okinawa prefecture said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Doctors can also do lab tests on a stool sample, but diagnosing an infection with cyclospora requires a specific molecular test that isn’t always included in routine stool cultures.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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Synthetic fertilizers are more likely to cause fertilizer burn than applications of aged manure, compost, or organic fertilizers.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
Hand weeding, rototilling, regrading to fill low spots, adding soil enhancements (manure) and finally seeding and watering.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of manure

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As the team explained, the poop responsible for modern ocean conditions is not much different from the poop on land—and the fertilizer used to grow everyone’s food.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
As a local yearly restaurant tradition, on the flip side of Miami Spice, there’s now North Miami Beach’s Le Genie failing state inspection in a flurry of flies and/or rodent poop.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

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