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Recent Examples of night soil
This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s.
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Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food.
—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food.
—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for night soil
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Over four decades later, new soil samples taken from the same regions still indicated a better fungi and bacteria presence than the areas that did not host gophers.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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With ongoing geopolitical tensions and the conflict in Ukraine fueling these detentions, the future for those arrested on Russian soil appears increasingly uncertain.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Xue explained that pelvic floor muscles coordinate a significant amount of bowel movement and work with the rest of the body to ensure stool comes out smoothly.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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However, a recent study concluded that the test shouldn't replace traditional screening methods, such as colonoscopy or stool tests.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Organic dairy CAFOs, including some in Sonoma, share some of the characteristics of conventional ones, like the use of manure lagoons — giant pools of animal waste that pollute air and water and can harm human health.Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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Refill it with native soil and some compost (and even some aged manure) prior to planting.Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2024
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Watch this 💩 Art with a message: Someone placed a bronze replica of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk — topped with a giant pile of poop — near the US Capitol in Washington, DC.Daniel Wine, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Elevate her dog walks and hikes with this chic Springer set, which includes a hands-free leash that attaches to a luxe neoprene belt bag, perfect for stashing dog treats, poop bags, her wallet, keys, and phone.Elizabeth Mitchell Kadar, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2024
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This is by design; his sometime advisor Steve Bannon advocated flooding the zone with, well, excrement, so that media couldn’t keep up.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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