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Parisians threatened to defecate in the Seine River on Sunday to protest sewage contamination after reports found unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria in the water less than two months before Olympic swimming competitions are scheduled to start there.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 June 2024
Similar incidents had also occurred in the previous month in California and New York, including a man that defecated on a pride flag in Manhattan.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
In 2022, Deputy Stefan Williams shared a video of an officer defecating on someone’s bed.
—Jerry Mitchell, New York Times, 29 May 2024
The disease is typically spread when an infected person or people contaminate a water source by defecating in or near it.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 2 May 2024
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 24 June 2024
Similar incidents had also occurred in the previous month in California and New York, including a man that defecated on a pride flag in Manhattan.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
In 2022, Deputy Stefan Williams shared a video of an officer defecating on someone’s bed.
—Jerry Mitchell, New York Times, 29 May 2024
The disease is typically spread when an infected person or people contaminate a water source by defecating in or near it.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 2 May 2024
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“Defecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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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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