as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal polite people do not discuss ordure in public
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Recent Examples of ordure The script was based on the 1979 French play and subsequent 1982 film Le père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus Is a Stinker). —
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024 On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap. —Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022 My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure. —Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022 Poking at the ordure with a stick, Cipollone pointed out the beech mast and berries on which the bear had fed. —Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020 President Nicolás Manuro: Creating ordure out of chaos. —Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019 In gardens, the scent of frangipani carries on the damp breeze; in cities, that unmistakably Indian blend of ordure, asphalt and spice. —The Economist, 27 June 2019 Even a seemingly natural savannah, the African grasslands in the Mara-Serengeti, has benefited from the healing powers of animal ordure, produced by the livestock of human herders thousands of years ago. —Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2018 At the bottom of the tube sat a half-inch of what looked like frozen mud, but was, in fact, orca ordure. —Kate Brooks, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024 On the face of it, packing the ordure of millions into open-air mounds is a terrible approach to a more livable planet, particularly in a part of the world where scavengers don’t comb through them for every salable scrap. —Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022 My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure. —Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022 Poking at the ordure with a stick, Cipollone pointed out the beech mast and berries on which the bear had fed. —Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020 President Nicolás Manuro: Creating ordure out of chaos. —Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019 In gardens, the scent of frangipani carries on the damp breeze; in cities, that unmistakably Indian blend of ordure, asphalt and spice. —The Economist, 27 June 2019 Even a seemingly natural savannah, the African grasslands in the Mara-Serengeti, has benefited from the healing powers of animal ordure, produced by the livestock of human herders thousands of years ago. —Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2018 At the bottom of the tube sat a half-inch of what looked like frozen mud, but was, in fact, orca ordure. —Kate Brooks, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordure
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They can be sampled using standardized trapping methods worldwide, since they are easily attracted to dung and carrion, which allows for comparable data across different regions.— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
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Yes, unfortunately, the ancient Irish did burn cow dung to heat their homes when peat was too expensive or not available.— David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
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In general, plants in window boxes need good drainage, high-quality soil, and frequent watering to flourish.— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
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Mexico’s government said Saturday that two CIA agents killed in a car crash in Chihuahua were unauthorized to participate in operations on Mexican soil.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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The wind and the pebbles that were on the dirt courts.— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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If your car is equipped with front radar or driver‑assist features, dirt on the sensor or slight misalignment from a parking‑lot bump could also be the culprit.— Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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