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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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Other dramatic sights included Rannoch Moor, a vast peat bog that is one of Europe’s last remaining wildernesses, and Eilean Donan Castle.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
If the intention was to give Ballgame a bog standard ’70s rock sound, mission accomplished.
—Millan Verma, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
This was the nightmarish miracle of the castrato, whose bell-clear tones were immaculately preserved but oddly flavored, like butter buried in a peat bog.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Alex Martin / Amgueddfa Cymru In 2005, archaeologists found the remains of a Roman lead smelting site in a peat bog in Ceredigion.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Other dramatic sights included Rannoch Moor, a vast peat bog that is one of Europe’s last remaining wildernesses, and Eilean Donan Castle.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
If the intention was to give Ballgame a bog standard ’70s rock sound, mission accomplished.
—Millan Verma, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
This was the nightmarish miracle of the castrato, whose bell-clear tones were immaculately preserved but oddly flavored, like butter buried in a peat bog.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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