urinate
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Symptoms include an urgent and frequent need to urinate.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
As they strolled through Paris's streets, Anaïs began to feel an inexplicable and uncontrollable need to urinate.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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
He wouldn’t allow a fixed catheter and insisted that they help him urinate each and every time he had to go.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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
She said she is drinking so little herself, she only urinates every other day.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023
He urinates all over her bathroom, and Amy plots her revenge.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2023
Several characters hide behind its mighty trunk; another urinates in it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
At first he frequently passes thin dung, and also urinates frequently, but passes only a little urine at a time.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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
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
Nearby, at Rage Ground, where people pay to vent their anger by breaking dishes and smashing cars, at least one homeless man has defecated and urinated outside the business.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
Taking care to not stress the animals or get too close, the researchers followed the monkeys, which are habituated to human presence, until they urinated.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2024
A child ahead of them urinated on a wall, watching them with solemn eyes as they slipped past.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
The most frequently reported side effects were dry mouth, nausea, insomnia, and difficulty urinating.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
She mentions her plan to attend a bridal fashion show with Charlotte, LTW and Carrie, and he snidely deems marriage to be a joke, urinating as he says it to accentuate his disdain.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2025
Ben and the colonel were urinating in the ditch that paralleled the highway.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
