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Recent Examples of swale
The estate’s vineyard irrigation is spring-fed, and several environmental features were added, including solar power, water-capture swales and fire-suppression systems.
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The fact that most of their plants are drought tolerant and their dry swale retains a moist environment after catching the rain means another way to save and conserve water.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Although many swales and basins remain verdant with Bermuda grass, which is easier to maintain, there’s a growing push to use native vegetation for runoff control.
—Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Zalatoris could barely find his way out, advancing the ball just 59 feet into another swale.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The fact that most of their plants are drought tolerant and their dry swale retains a moist environment after catching the rain means another way to save and conserve water.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Although many swales and basins remain verdant with Bermuda grass, which is easier to maintain, there’s a growing push to use native vegetation for runoff control.
—Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Zalatoris could barely find his way out, advancing the ball just 59 feet into another swale.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swale
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The potential environmental hazards also bleed into other aspects of Everglades life, including a robust tourism industry where hikers walk trails and explore the marshes on airboats, said Floridians for Public Lands founder Jessica Namath, who attended the protest.—
Makiya Seminera,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2025
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At the same time, Louisiana’s marshes are eroding, and its coastline is fraying.—
Boyce Upholt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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The empty shoreline where volunteers worked in May was previously a thick mangrove wetland, before Hurricane Ian devastated the Fort Myers area in 2022.—
Christina Kelso,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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In the long term, Caltrans has a plan to replace the current road with an elevated causeway that would move vehicles above the wetlands below.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2025
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Book a kayak tour from Bayfield (or head out on your own) and float into dark coastal caves, among dots of forest, or even inland to the rivers and sloughs.—
Jacqueline Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
21 May 2025
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Hauntingly beautiful ghost orchids cling to pond apple trees growing right out of cypress sloughs.—
Elise Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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There’s a place where both of those come together as one; where green fairways mosey up against beautiful cranberry bogs; where farmers do their thing for the good of that crop right next to golfers focusing on working toward their best round.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
5 June 2025
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The varied landscapes of the park, which includes those dramatic dunes, prairies, bogs, and marshes, is home to at least 350 different species of birds.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2025
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The Navy has built sea walls and worked to restore coastal dunes and marshlands to protect its Virginia properties, but the risks continue to increase.—
Paul Bierman,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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American alligators in Oklahoma live primarily in isolated areas and marshlands in the state’s southeastern corner.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Habitats can change, too; should someone drain that Sudbury shrub swamp, the Appalachian Brown would disappear.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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This prehistoric swamp will enchant you even before the mind-melting sunset begins.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 May 2025
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Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
31 Dec. 2024
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Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.—
Ferris Jabr,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2024
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Lily high boot jeans: $238 (Nordstrom) Fidelity's Lily jeans offer a flattering mid-rise fit, boot cut design suitable for various body shapes, a light wash and a cropped length perfect for summer.—
Jené Luciani Sena
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FOXNews.com,
20 June 2025
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Dentists recommend them as a sort of power wash for your mouth, using a stream of water to clean between the teeth and gums.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
19 June 2025
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swale. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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