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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Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
The key lies in understanding the difference between unproductive friction (the logistical hurdles that bog students down) and productive friction (the cognitive struggle that is essential for building real knowledge and skills).
—Dave Tucker, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
On Earth, vivianite is frequently found in peat bogs and around decaying organic matter—another item on the microbes’ menu.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Real storms knock out whole sections of the park, turn sports fields into bogs, and reclog the drains so that conditions get ever more dire.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
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Corrèze’s natural world is really where the destination shines; between waterfalls, cliffs, lakes, bogs, gorges, and mountains, there’s no shortage of stunning land to explore.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
The key lies in understanding the difference between unproductive friction (the logistical hurdles that bog students down) and productive friction (the cognitive struggle that is essential for building real knowledge and skills).
—Dave Tucker, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
On Earth, vivianite is frequently found in peat bogs and around decaying organic matter—another item on the microbes’ menu.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Real storms knock out whole sections of the park, turn sports fields into bogs, and reclog the drains so that conditions get ever more dire.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bog
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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