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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Recent Examples of bog
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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Noun
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bog
Noun
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Since then, officials have used grants to restore marshes, remove invasive species and replace turf grass with native plants.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Following the marshes and forests of the Delmarva Peninsula in the footsteps of Harriet Tubman, GHOST LANDS explores how the natural landscapes that shaped her life continue to hold the memory of freedom, resistance, and our shared past.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Two rooms in the Soukana and Delos accommodation blocks are wheelchair accessible, and one of the two-storey Madrague houses has a ground floor bathroom and sofa bed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The third floor includes a central gathering space along with two other bedrooms and bathrooms.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Earthrise rejected Becker’s arguments that the application does not properly identify wetlands that have been farmed.—
Alicia Fabbre,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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In addition to drawing storm chasers and meteorologists, the wetlands surrounding the Catatumbo Lightning area are home to creatures like howler monkeys, river dolphins, anacondas, and capybara, which entice photographers, fishers, and wildlife tourists.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The agreement mentioned adding up to 40 water hookups, up to 40 electric hookups, a pump station with a water hose, four bathrooms with flushing toilets and shower stalls, an ADA-accessible restroom trailer, an ADA-accessible shower trailer, light posts and shade structures.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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The facility’s restrooms lacked toilet paper.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Despite its common name, swamp sunflowers don’t require wet conditions to thrive.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park conserves nearly 13,000 acres of rare hardwood bottomland along the Mississippi River, including eerie bald cypress swamp.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The fancy new mops that have a pad are able to get under the toilet with no issues.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Once inside, visitors were encouraged to urinate in two onsite toilets which filter and pump sanitized water back into a large aquarium tank where performers float for four hours at a time, breathing through a scuba mask.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Weakened by a brief-but-corrosive bath of sulfuric acid droplets during its plunge, the probe would’ve inevitably deformed and ruptured upon reaching the ground.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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The fall not only offers better-value stays and easier-to-get-into restaurants, but the water stays bath-like warm for snorkeling and boating.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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