latrine
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In 2018, after the death of a second student, it was established that more than 4,500 schools in the country had pit latrine toilets, which were often shoddily built and left uncovered.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The parasite analysis focused on sediment taken from a sewer drain connected to the latrine block of a bath complex dating to the 3rd century CE.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
There was no water, and the stench of the latrine was unbearable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
Begum sits now amid the misery and the muck of the camps as the stench from a nearby latrine wafts by, wishing she could hear her children call her “mother” one more time.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023
I ran sobbing down the corridor and washed and washed beneath the wall spigot in the latrine.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"Be Prepared" by Vera Brosgol
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