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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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Habitats include salt marsh, cranberry bogs and maritime shrubs and forests. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026 The Parker River National Widllife Refuge was established in 1971 and is home to more than 4,700 acres of wetlands, beaches, dunes, forests, bogs, salt marshes and mud flats. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, with a landscape of rugged beaches and peat bogs, and traveling through it usually involves many small logistics. — Hayley Domin, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026 About a hundred and fifty Hudsonian godwit pairs breed in the bogs near Beluga. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Then in 1857, the regime of Emperor Napoleon III ordered the planting of maritime pines to drain the bogs of southwestern France. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 During this time, bogs, marshes, and other wetlands, historically seen as disease-ridden and deleterious to human health, were reevaluated by scientists and conservationists as valuable wildlife habitats. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 The rest of the structure was made from stones (carefully stacked, with no mortar) and turf cut into chunks from the peat bogs. — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026 The Venus flytrap is native only to the coastal wetlands and bogs of North Carolina and South Carolina, and grows naturally in nutrient-poor, acidic, and perpetually wet areas. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026

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Frith has three friends with her when she’s first seen traversing the marshes.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
The fly population explosion is due to warm, humid weather and westerly winds that have pushed the pests out of the marshes, experts say.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of marshes

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In some of the new villas, christened Le Ville della Marchesa, details include headboards upholstered with the famous Missoni zigzag and bathrooms that combine the original gray marble with the brightness of Vietri.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
There are six bedrooms overall with six full bathrooms and one half bathroom.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

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The investigation, first reported by Abridged by PBS KVIE, may relate to the endangered vernal pool tadpole shrimp present in the site’s seasonal wetlands.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Generations ago, the Central Valley was a vast expanse of lush meadows, wetlands and lakes fed by melting Sierra Nevada snow.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of wetlands

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Plans for the monument include plenty of internal space, including a mezzanine level for exhibit space, restrooms, a café, and a gift shop.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026
The walkways are wider and the varied amenities are more carefully designed to allow better overall viewing of the field while grabbing a concession or visiting one of the many restrooms.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

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Staying safe from alligators in Florida 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, 15 Sep. 2026
Stories — real or not — circulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries of White people using Black children as bait while hunting in Florida’s swamps.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of swamps

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At MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where the New York Giants took on the Tennessee Titans in a week 3 NFL matchup, the strong winds sent several portable toilets sliding across the parking lot.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
The ship’s extended mission has drawn scrutiny, with reports alleging poor living conditions on the vessel, including food shortages, water contamination and broken toilets.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026

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