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urinal

[yoor-uh-nl] / ˈjʊər ə nl /


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The piece proved an immediate hit, with critics comparing it to ready-made master Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 porcelain urinal, “Fountain.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Staff at the emergency department there started adapting the disposable male urinal bottle for women to use, lessening the need for catheters and making life more dignified and pain-free in hospital.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2025

The family of a man who was crushed to death in a freak accident fear they may never find out what caused the pop-up urinal he was working on to drop suddenly.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2025

Smoove: I don’t know if you guys have ever been through this, but I was at a urinal

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2024

My mouth felt like I’d gargled used urinal cakes, and my cracked lips stung.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

I base this not on any grand political theory but on how many times I stood next to members of Congress at urinals at DCA during my years living in D.C.

From Slate Nov. 7, 2025

The urinals — see the particularly majestic Deco “Radio” Adamsez iteration in the gentleman’s cloakroom of the old Derry and Toms building, Kensington — elevate the form to art even before Duchamp.

From New York Times Nov. 23, 2024

Other additions to the 17,500-seat arena include five full-sized courts and 1,160 toilets and urinals to keep fans in their seats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2024

In the footage, which was shown in court, Brookfield is seen standing next to Peter Barton at the urinals of Llanelli Squash and Tennis Club.

From BBC Jan. 25, 2024

There were no urinals, only a few stalls with sitting toilets—none of the squatting ones, like my bathroom at Mamou’s—and I wondered if that was a Social Cue I had missed.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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