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plural of bog

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water got a shoe stuck in the bog

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plural of bog, British

as in bathrooms

a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste they're out of paper in the bog again

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The Great Hunger and subsequent Irish migrations still burden those scattered among cliffs and bogs; and when Tomás emerges from a wood, transformed by a mystical encounter, Liam must push them to finish their task. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 Dense forests, bogs, and marshes create a rich habitat for wildlife—from trumpeter swans and bald eagles to deer and bears. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026 Blazes can simmer in peat bogs and other areas of organic matter several feet below ground, just waiting to ignite again. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026 Before the roads west of town were paved in 1936, reaching the lake meant navigating ruts, mud bogs and chugholes. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hoping to clear the way for a South American company to extract precious metals from the region’s pristine forests, lakes and bogs. — Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026 In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels. — ABC News, 15 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 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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Found over the eastern half of the state in swamps and sluggish waterways, coastal marshes, rivers, ponds and streams.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia’s largest barrier island, is full of untouched maritime forests, beaches, and marshes.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

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The four- or six-person domes have lofts, full bathrooms with walk-in showers and prime stargazing right from bed.

— Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026
The mansion, which has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, was built in a Spanish Eclectic/Mediterranean Revival style with a facade extending more than 125 feet along Lake Osceola.

— Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026

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Early efforts included Welling redesigning two greens encumbered by wetlands and other issues.

— Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Vélez said the change in government should not erase recent efforts to reduce deforestation, restore ecosystems and strengthen protections for wetlands, paramos and the Amazon.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of wetlands

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All public entrances, restaurants, restrooms, and the pool are accessible to guests with mobility issues.

— Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Other changes cover self-driving car citations, school cellphone bans, all-gender restrooms and standardized food date labels.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of restrooms

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Florida alligator safety Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for centuries and are found in all of Florida's 67 counties.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026
For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world.

— Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 18 June 2026

Definition of swamps

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Common forms of transmission include droplets from showers and faucets, air conditioners and flushing toilets.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
The primary way the parasite spreads is via human feces, so a lack of toilets and sanitation stations in fields where produce and vegetables are grown and harvested can be a major source of Cyclospora, public-health experts say.

— Alice Park, Time, 8 July 2026

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