urinate
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Common prostate cancer symptoms can include needing to urinate more frequently, particularly at night; difficulty starting to urinate, weak flow and it taking a long time; and blood in urine or semen.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The incident occurred Saturday night when the off-duty deputy let the 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, named Santi, out into the yard to urinate, according to a news release by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Many went from waking up multiple times each night to urinate to waking only about once per night.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
"I walked into an open cubicle in the women's toilets to be welcomed by a man about to urinate," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
She did not resemble the patients in the doctor’s office, those who came glassy-eyed and desperate, unable to sleep or breathe or urinate with ease, unable, above all, to give words to their pains.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
All of these differences, Yamamoto explained, could determine how contagiously each species of primate urinates.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
If permission is granted but the tortoise urinates, which can cause them to become dangerously dehydrated, the soldiers must call it in again and wait for a base ecologist to respond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2024
The condition affects how one urinates and isn’t usually a serious health threat.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
“Her mother badgered the school until they agreed to put a litter box in one of the stalls. So this girl goes into the litter room or to the girl’s room and urinates or whatever.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
In the De Secretis Mulierum, wrongly attributed to Albertus Magnus, it is laid down that "the virgin urinates higher than the woman."
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy by Havelock Ellis
The elephants, after ransacking her house and eating her corn, urinated on what remained of her grain supply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Over time, he said, they stamped ponds and urinated and defecated in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Terrified, the young boy urinated on himself and remained in his soiled clothes until he and his family were transferred to a Texas detention center.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
Jodi, from Hull, said she felt "so embarrassed and quite trapped" on her first lesson when her instructor got out of his car and urinated in front of her.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2025
Suddenly, the nanny squatted and urinated on the lawn, just like a wild animal.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
People should not ignore prostate symptoms, such as difficulty urinating.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Also, the dog stained the oak floors by regularly urinating in the living room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The Old Bailey heard she saw Wright and initially thought he was urinating, but then became spooked by "the way he looked at her".
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
Some symptoms can include fever, chills with cough, shortness of breath if the bacteria infect the lung, and pain or blood when urinating if the bladder/kidneys are infected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
His top hat tumbled; urinating, defecating, Perry O’Parsons entered eternity.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
