as in soil
solid discharge from farm animals that is used to make soil better for growing plants
a bag of cow manure
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Recent Examples of manure
When Hurricane Florence struck eastern North Carolina in 2018, the flooding caused dozens of manure lagoons to overflow or breach entirely and flood fecal soup into homes and neighborhoods, according to Food and Water Watch.
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Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
Speed the composting process along by creating foot layers of leaves topped with a few inches of soil and a scattering of fertilizer or manure.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
For example, a significant amount of the emissions reduction detailed in the paper relies on farms not just turning manure into energy, but their communities’ food waste too.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
Such milk is being produced in conditions where animal health is compromised, antibiotics are utilized, hormones are used to stimulate higher levels of milk production, there is an abundance of manure, and there is a corresponding high rate of pathogens.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
Speed the composting process along by creating foot layers of leaves topped with a few inches of soil and a scattering of fertilizer or manure.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
For example, a significant amount of the emissions reduction detailed in the paper relies on farms not just turning manure into energy, but their communities’ food waste too.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Aug. 2024
Such milk is being produced in conditions where animal health is compromised, antibiotics are utilized, hormones are used to stimulate higher levels of milk production, there is an abundance of manure, and there is a corresponding high rate of pathogens.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manure
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Rocks also contribute to soil stability and protect delicate ecosystems.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2025
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June • For camellia, citrus, gardenia, grape and other plants adapted to acidic soil: If leaves are yellowing (chlorotic) between green veins, plants may benefit from foliar or soil application of iron and zinc chelate and mulching.The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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With antivenom hard to find in rural areas, some snakebite victims pay traditional healers with a chicken or a small goat to apply herbs, bones and even dung.Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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In turn, their dung may have fertilized the growth of certain types of algae in the lake and thereby altered the local ecosystem.Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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But the Vikings plowed ahead in the muck, getting touchdown plunges from Foreman and Johnson to advance to the NFC title game in Dallas.Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Bears were primed for a breakout season and wound up back in the muck and mire.Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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There was barely room inside for the elderly proprietor, who sat on a stool facing the wall, her hair in curlers.Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
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El Pueblito boasts plentiful seating both inside and on its front patio on Southwest Boulevard, plus a bar with about six stools.David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
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The committee identified graft and corruption, inefficiencies and waste.Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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These enterprises know that the cost of non-quality operations is very high as seen in waste, scrap, downtime, low productivity, low yields, missed shipments and lost customers.John Clemons, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Manure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manure. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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