dung

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In “The Getaway”—filmed twice for the big screen—Doc and Carol McCoy conclude their escape hiding in caves, then a hut made of dung, before they end up in the infernal domain of El Rey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Government programmes have rapidly expanded LPG use for cooking in India, replacing kerosene and traditional biomass like firewood and dung.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Of particular concern are dung-feeding insects such as flies, dung beetles, and some butterflies.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

Men dig in flip‑flops through dense black earth, "cow dung", as a young girl sitting on full sacks calls it.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

It was a dung heap, a bunch of logs covered in mud, sand, and moss.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys