as in bathroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
they're out of paper in the bog again
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Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Dredged out of the past and hinting at violent mysteries, bog bodies intrigue and haunt us.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Previously, common people had shared the right to plow open fields, gather firewood, graze animals and cut peat from nearby bogs.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Transplant and feed water lilies and bog plants.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
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Like billing insurance companies or updating electronic health records — time consuming tasks that bog therapists down.
—Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Dredged out of the past and hinting at violent mysteries, bog bodies intrigue and haunt us.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Previously, common people had shared the right to plow open fields, gather firewood, graze animals and cut peat from nearby bogs.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
Transplant and feed water lilies and bog plants.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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