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Recent Examples of stool The bacteria is transmitted primarily through the fecal-oral route, where bacteria from the stool of an infected person is accidentally ingested or contacted. —
Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026 However, the lump never went away, and Wilson eventually noticed blood in her stool. —Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026 However, exercise at any time of the day will help the bowel propagate stool. —Sherri Gordon, Health, 16 Apr. 2026 That secondary piece could be anything, even a humble stool would do, but its presence helps to set the distinct tone of your patio. —Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stool
Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026 However, the lump never went away, and Wilson eventually noticed blood in her stool. —Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026 However, exercise at any time of the day will help the bowel propagate stool. —Sherri Gordon, Health, 16 Apr. 2026 That secondary piece could be anything, even a humble stool would do, but its presence helps to set the distinct tone of your patio. —Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stool
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stool
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The dog-waste donnybrook was similar to another recent clash in Brooklyn that saw a 75-year-old grandmother jumped and beaten for complaining that a dog walker was not cleaning up the pooch’s poop.— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Participants also reported the quality of their poop using the Bristol Stool Chart.— Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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And the valuable matter, in this case, the pure human feces and urine, had hardened over time, preserving the ancient excrement.— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
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When the snow finally melted, the excrement of a city was left behind.— TIM CRAIG THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
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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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This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.— Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
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The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet.— oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 May 2021
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To support themselves in the off-season, many chile pickers tend the ruminants, selling them for meat and selling their milk and manure.— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 19 Apr. 2026
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There is no federal safety standard for hydrogen sulfide except for workers at sites where the risk is extreme, such as wastewater treatment plants or manure pits.— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Watch for signs of black bears in the area, including scat, tracks, den sites and bark stripped off trees.— Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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More recent research out of Quebec attempted to identify which mushrooms deer ate by examining their scat.— Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
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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
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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, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
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