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a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
they're out of paper in the bog again
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
Wilson is a Dakota writer, educator and bog steward, and is enrolled on the Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud) reservation in South Dakota.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Because the Everglades’ natural flow has been altered, the cyclical wet seasons and dry seasons can swing to extremes — too much water that can kill tree islands, not enough and bog fires can spark and destroy habitat.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
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Transplant and feed water lilies and bog plants.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2026
Wilson is a Dakota writer, educator and bog steward, and is enrolled on the Sicangu Oyate (Rosebud) reservation in South Dakota.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
Because the Everglades’ natural flow has been altered, the cyclical wet seasons and dry seasons can swing to extremes — too much water that can kill tree islands, not enough and bog fires can spark and destroy habitat.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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