as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
got a shoe stuck in the bog
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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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Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Whatever the name, for centuries people have reported seeing these eerie, faint blue flames hovering over marshes, bogs and other wetlands.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
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
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
On Earth, Vivianite is found in sediments, peat bogs and around decaying organic matter, while some forms of microbial life can produce greigite.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 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
Most such bogs have been drained for cropland, and several European governments are wondering whether to revive them, Politico reported.
—Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Over the past decade, DER has restored multiple unprofitable bogs, including the Eel River Headwaters Restoration.
—Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Whatever the name, for centuries people have reported seeing these eerie, faint blue flames hovering over marshes, bogs and other wetlands.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
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
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
On Earth, Vivianite is found in sediments, peat bogs and around decaying organic matter, while some forms of microbial life can produce greigite.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 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
Most such bogs have been drained for cropland, and several European governments are wondering whether to revive them, Politico reported.
—Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Bogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogs. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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