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
Rodent issues — including a dead one behind an oven and 260 droppings inside an oven — were discovered at four of seven South Florida restaurants forced to temporarily close last week.—
Kari Barnett,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Sep. 2026 Cornerbacks Rodrick Pleasant and Scooter Jackson appeared to get beat on multiple routes downfield, but they were bailed out by poor throws or receivers dropping passes.—
Connor Dullinger,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Sep. 2026
Verb
Cameras multiplied the audience onto the massive display, effectively making it all about the fans before dropping them into increasingly dark and elaborate worlds.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2026 Yields rose on Friday, after initially dropping on a weaker-than-expected jobs report for September.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dropping
During the first re-inspection, the inspector saw about 10 pieces of rodent dung under the air-conditioning unit, seven in the hallway by the back door and three under storage by the hallway bathroom.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2026
In southern India, for example, villagers are allowing – and even paying – herders to use their land in exchange for dung, the natural fertilizer that farmers need to produce higher-value organic crops.
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The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Sep. 2026
Read More The AirPods Pro 3 have a new design that improves their fit, superior noise cancellation, better bass, and fairly accurate heart rate sensors.
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Brad Bourque,
The Verge,
6 Oct. 2026
In our review, PCMag audio expert Tim Gideon lauded these headphones' above-average noise cancellation at their regular price.
Pilots have compared landing on the short runway, with either side plunging straight down off the side of a vertical cliff, to landing on an aircraft carrier.
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Fedor Zarkhin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Oct. 2026
And this week, our story about the dwindling water levels in Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir, shows breathtaking expanses of dry canyon plunging to a shrinking, narrow ribbon of teal green.
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Stephanie Hanes,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Oct. 2026
A lot of people are abandoning physical amplifiers and using digital emulation.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2026
Tennessee changed its lethal injection protocol in 2024, abandoning its previous three-drug method in favor of the single drug pentobarbital, which slows down a person’s nervous system.
People have moved so aggressively along the learning curve that those challenges are falling by the wayside.
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Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Oct. 2026
Paired with an all-leather ensemble, pants and pointed-toe pumps included, the hair screamed ’80s rom-com star, the curls falling toward her face in a single swift motion.
Customers using Booking’s AI tools are booking somewhat faster, converting at somewhat higher rates, and canceling less often, Steenbergen said, while cautioning that the data remains early stage.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2026
The White House was warned that canceling TPS for Salvadorans would disrupt construction projects in Washington.
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