defecate
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Citizen Zoo has also set up camera traps and "latrine rafts" - floating rafts where the water voles defecate - to help gather evidence of the population on the Hogsmill.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, the locals in the nearby town of Gerlach, Nevada, worried about where all those people planned to defecate.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Consider, then, taking in a mammal that can fell a tree, chew through wire, weighs 30 to 60 pounds full-grown, loves to wrestle, needs to swim and can only defecate in water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
In the cooler months of the year — historically from April to September — snakes become sluggish and may not eat, drink, defecate or even move for weeks at a time.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
A little boy squatted on the ground and began to defecate, and a mangy dog ran up to sniff him.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
We see her meet-cute with Henry Golding when a bird defecates into one of her eyes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019
Keener’s in “Please Give” invites a homeless woman into her apartment to take a shower and the woman defecates on the floor.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
Snaps at people, defecates indoors, knows no boundaries.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2017
“Slicing” is a term used by falconers to describe the way a hawk defecates.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2012
The hungry animal plucks and swallows the fruit, walks or flies off, and then spits out or defecates the seed somewhere far from its parent tree.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
A man tried to wrestle a Canada goose, while a woman defecated at the edge of the park’s lake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The digital pets, which need attending to when they are hungry, sick or have defecated on the virtual floor, grow up as users care for them -- but can die if they are neglected.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Over time, he said, they stamped ponds and urinated and defecated in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Between us, we have defecated in cat holes, WAG bags, and oil drums alongside service members of different genders and sexual identities.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2025
As parts of the fruit that we actually take into our mouths, strawberry seeds are tiny and inevitably swallowed and defecated, but other seeds are large enough to be spat out.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The influx of tourists to the town of Fujiyoshida has led to chronic traffic congestion and litter, while some residents say they've experienced tourists trespassing or defecating in private gardens.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Toilets crawling with rats, maggots and flies became so noxious that neighbors began defecating on the surrounding dirt roads.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
They’ve complained about TikTokers trespassing onto countryside farms, tourists defecating on private property and near-fist fights over trailhead parking—not to mention unsafe traffic blockages on narrow roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
An infected individual usually feels restless and spends a lot of time defecating watery diarrhea.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2024
These children defecating earnestly or weakly, according to their destiny, in the bushes?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
