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The enormous creatures defecate at the ocean’s surface, where their poo feeds algae, which in turn sequester carbon from the atmosphere and pull it into the ocean’s depths.
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Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Senators walked across the Capitol — which four years ago had filled with roaming rioters, some defecating and menacingly calling out for leaders, others engaging in hand-to-hand combat with police — to the House to begin certifying the vote.
—Matt Brown, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
The suit alleged children were held in isolation — sometimes for weeks at a time — and forced to eat, sleep and defecate in their cells.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
New details have come to light in a Louisville Metro police investigation into incidents of a man defecating on the front porch of an Old Louisville home multiple times.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
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Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2025
Senators walked across the Capitol — which four years ago had filled with roaming rioters, some defecating and menacingly calling out for leaders, others engaging in hand-to-hand combat with police — to the House to begin certifying the vote.
—Matt Brown, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2025
The suit alleged children were held in isolation — sometimes for weeks at a time — and forced to eat, sleep and defecate in their cells.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
New details have come to light in a Louisville Metro police investigation into incidents of a man defecating on the front porch of an Old Louisville home multiple times.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Defecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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defecate
verb
def·e·cate
variants
or chiefly British defaecate
defecated; defecating
: to discharge from the anus
: to discharge feces from the bowels
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