as in soil
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung
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In Africa, Southeast Asia, and the western Pacific, where many rely on cookstoves that use wood or dung, rural and poor people are more affected by smoke.
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Judy Stone, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
The tent had that wonderful aroma of Mongolia—of butter and mutton, of dung fires and horses.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Nearly two billion people still rely on wood and dung for heating and cooking.
—Michael Shellenberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Their dung fertilized the ground, and their grazing promoted carbon sequestration in the soil.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 4 July 2024
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Judy Stone, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
The tent had that wonderful aroma of Mongolia—of butter and mutton, of dung fires and horses.
—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Nearly two billion people still rely on wood and dung for heating and cooking.
—Michael Shellenberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Their dung fertilized the ground, and their grazing promoted carbon sequestration in the soil.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 4 July 2024
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Noun
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In spring when cleaning up your garden, remove any remaining pieces of newspaper or mix them into your soil.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
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Learning how to plant without soil could be useful in other exploratory missions.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
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Beauty, lust, dirt, and money soaked in cobalt around me.Natasha Rao, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
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Micelles act like a magnet for dirt and pollution, gently lifting particles away from the scalp.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Oct. 2024
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Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
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Trash was strewn about the unit, and the toilet was clogged with excrement.Jeff Mcdonald, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dung. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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