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Recent Examples of stool
The highly contagious virus is found in the stool and blood of infected people, and can be contracted by unknowingly ingesting contaminated food and drink.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer may include changes in bowel habits, rectal bleeding or blood in the stool, cramping or abdominal pain, weakness and fatigue, and weight loss.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Some brought stools and foldable chairs to sit on, while others came with bags full of snacks and drinks.
—Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
The last good leg of the wobbly stool is now wobbly as well.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer may include changes in bowel habits, rectal bleeding or blood in the stool, cramping or abdominal pain, weakness and fatigue, and weight loss.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Some brought stools and foldable chairs to sit on, while others came with bags full of snacks and drinks.
—Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
The last good leg of the wobbly stool is now wobbly as well.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool
Noun
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Relieve constipation: Certain magnesium and phosphorus supplements can help relieve constipation by bringing water to your intestines and softening stool (poop).—
Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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Agri-Mark, the parent company of Cabot Creamery, has voluntarily recalled about 1,700 pounds of butter due to elevated levels of coliform bacteria, a type associated with fecal (poop) contamination, according to an enforcement report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The dung heap is being dismantled by a scrum of hermit crabs.—
Kevin Gepford,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Ancient Egyptians also revered dung beetles because the rolling of the dung balls reminded them of the sun god rolling the sun across the sky, according to the Israel Museum.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Brazil were awarded the hosting rights for World Cup 1950 and were therefore considered favourites to win it on home soil, just as Uruguay and Italy had done in 1930 and 1934 respectively.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The news release said the researchers found the larvae were far more prevalent in places where soil was extremely dry and a lot of organic matter was present.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
10 May 2025
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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
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The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
1 May 2021
Noun
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Homeowners in the northwestern section of Somers are planning a large turnout at a hearing Tuesday night on whether an Ellington dairy should be allowed to dump large quantities of cow manure into a holding area near their houses.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 May 2025
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Cooper advises enriching the soil with organic matter, like compost or aged manure, to get the right balance of nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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The team started by looking for the tell-tale signs of snow leopards–footprints, scat, and scratch marks.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 May 2025
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About 72 percent of the wolf scat samples tested in 2022 and 2023 contained cattle DNA, while hair cortisol levels were elevated in cattle that resided in areas containing in wolves — a sign that the scientists attributed to increases in stress.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker).—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
21 Dec. 2024
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On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap.—
Curbed,
Curbed,
12 Aug. 2022
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“Stool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stool. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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