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Recent Examples of dunghill
In Shakespeare, Cade’s corpse ends up tossed over a dunghill.
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Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Its most abiding image involved a young woman lying on a dunghill and working herself to orgasm with the aid of a disembodied hand.
—The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
Its most abiding image involved a young woman lying on a dunghill and working herself to orgasm with the aid of a disembodied hand.
—The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunghill
Noun
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These tasks include milking, feeding and manure management.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Only use manure from livestock and to not add pet waste or human manure to standard composting systems.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Living in the wood economy means relying on wood, dung, and other basic bioenergy.—
Ted Nordhaus,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Aug. 2016
Noun
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In Antarctica, the birds’ nutrient-rich guano allows mosses and other organisms to flourish in an otherwise inhospitable place.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The bats live above the gym bleachers in a small utility closet, where the floor is covered in guano.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The virus is typically transmitted through rodent excrement.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Bedbug excrement appears as black spots on bedding or furniture.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The midden is a testament to the volume of shellfish eaten by Hoabinhians.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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This and oral reports evidenced that two even larger middens once existed nearby.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But…how exactly can the same stuff firm up your poop in one situation, and loosen it another?—
Julie Stewart,
SELF,
25 Mar. 2025
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Rodents left about 15 pieces of poop behind reach-in cooler in the food preparation area, three pieces under the dry storage shelf in that area and five on the floor in the employee restroom.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The war settled into a brutal battle of attrition with limited movement along a frontline stretching for 600 miles through muck of eastern Ukraine.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The Clippers’ success lately isn’t just stemming from them making games ugly with their defense and slogging through the muck.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Teams will eventually undertake soil studies and drone-based, multispectral ground sensing to measure potential improvements to soil quality and carbon capture capacity on farmland that uses these techniques.—
Robin Roenker,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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To minimize outdoor pollution during poor air quality, officials urged people to carpool; telecommute; reduce trips or take public transportation; slow down when driving on dirt roads; and stabilize loose soils.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Dunghill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunghill. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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