as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water local farmers can make extra money by digging peat out of the nearby muskeg

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Recent Examples of muskeg Here’s how: Find a tree, dead or alive, by itself in muskeg or on an open ridge. Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025 The lakes are two skinny networks of water, one above the other, separated by two kilometres of muskeg. Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2022 Some of those roads, homes, and business districts crossed what had once been impassable, swampy muskeg. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022 The terrain gives way to a mixture of forest, muskeg and drylands, where the sandy soil rises to the surface. NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021 Much of the undeveloped land in Tongass is rock, ice or muskeg, a type of cold-climate swamp. Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muskeg
Noun
  • It was identified as Erythrolamprus taeniogaster, or the coppery marsh-snake.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • They are found in a wide variety of habitats but prefer oak-cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and more open agricultural areas.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The creatures prefer large, dense areas in the woods and wetlands.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Eynon’s design was inspired by Britain’s wetlands, and features flora and fauna with sensual curves.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even checking email felt like wading into a swamp.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That just happened to coincide with a deluge of rain, enough to flood streets in downtown Miami and Fort Lauderdale, swamp some cars and send manhole covers and drains bubbling up with excess rainwater.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Muskeg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muskeg. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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