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Places where people are forced to eat, sleep, shower, and defecate all in the same room.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Guests were encouraged to urinate in the showers and defecate in red plastic biohazard bags.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
The crew gave out biohazard bags, but not everyone used them
As for number two, passengers were instructed to defecate in red biohazard bags delivered to all the bathrooms on board.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 June 2025
Advertisement Not everyone followed the orders to defecate in the red bags.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 June 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Guests were encouraged to urinate in the showers and defecate in red plastic biohazard bags.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
The crew gave out biohazard bags, but not everyone used them
As for number two, passengers were instructed to defecate in red biohazard bags delivered to all the bathrooms on board.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 June 2025
Advertisement Not everyone followed the orders to defecate in the red bags.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 June 2025
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“Defecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate. Accessed 4 Aug. 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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