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Addressing issues around dogs defecating in public will inherently require a different solution from bites or barking, for instance, says Krithika Srinivasan, a professor of political ecology at the University of Edinburgh.
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Sam Delgado, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024
The whale pump is a process that begins when whales plunge deep into the ocean to feed on krill, before returning to the surface and defecating.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
Members of the French Grande Armée—which included many Protestants and Catholics from Germany, Italy, and Poland—had defecated in the Kremlin’s Orthodox churches and taken potshots at the holy icons.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
Two days ago, Diallo said an inmate reported having to defecate and urinate in a bag because the plumbing inside cells was not working.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024
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Sam Delgado, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024
The whale pump is a process that begins when whales plunge deep into the ocean to feed on krill, before returning to the surface and defecating.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
Members of the French Grande Armée—which included many Protestants and Catholics from Germany, Italy, and Poland—had defecated in the Kremlin’s Orthodox churches and taken potshots at the holy icons.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2017
Two days ago, Diallo said an inmate reported having to defecate and urinate in a bag because the plumbing inside cells was not working.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Defecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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defecate
verb
def·e·cate
variants
or chiefly British defaecate
defecated; defecating
: to discharge from the anus
: to discharge feces from the bowels
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