droppings plural
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night
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Noun
The high Thursday is expected to reach 101, with the overnight low dropping to 68.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Aug. 2026 Pollutants from the lakes where the ice was sourced would often get trapped inside the blocks, and horses would sometimes leave droppings on them during the journey.—
Mack Degeurin,
Popular Science,
19 Aug. 2026
Verb
Sabrina Blanchard and Luca Matteucci/AFP via Getty Images Steiner said a mass of glacial ice dropping from a great height could have felt like a bomb exploding, resulting in the chaos that followed.—CBS News,
27 Aug. 2026 The storms have lost some of their punch near midnight, dropping the risk of damaging wind gusts, isolated hail and tornadoes.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dropping
Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
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David J. Neal
July 24,
Miami Herald,
24 July 2026
When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.
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Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
In the wake of the attacks, Strahan was one of the players who pushed for the cancellation of that weekend's football games out of respect for those lost.
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Megan Fahrney,
ABC News,
1 Sep. 2026
But there’s also an active noise cancellation system that uses the new, very thin membrane speakers that JLR developed together with Warwick Audio that are mounted in the seat headrests.
Sydney Sweeney exposed her plunging bralette in a tiny cropped T-shirt.
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Meg Walters,
InStyle,
31 Aug. 2026
The sleeveless dress, designed by Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon as part of the fashion house's pre-fall 2026 collection, featured a plunging halter neckline, fitted ruched bodice and full midi-length skirt.
There is really no way to talk about the film unless one falls back on wispy vagaries and pointed allusions to cinematic precedents, or just explaining the act one set-up and then stopping with the warning that things get really weird thereafter.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2026
Plain water can help remove waste from the blood into the urine, stopping kidney stones from forming.
No, fans weren’t punishing USC for canceling the Notre Dame series.
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Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Aug. 2026
Between 2019 and 2021, for example, the president proposed canceling Roman (then called WFIRST) three separate times in three different budget requests.
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