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swale

noun

Definition of swale

as in marsh

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Recent Examples of swale Police said the driver of the black Ford Fusion was headed south on northwest 12th Avenue at a high rate of speed near northwest 188th Street when the driver tried to bypass slow-moving traffic by driving on the swale. — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 His group, however, showed that Governors Parkway Bridge would destroy the woods and dune and swale in the area while not solving the public safety issue. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 Explore a white-sand beach and the sinks, swales, and sloughs found within the 2,500-acre Suwannee River Water Management District. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026 Deer grass hovers around the swale and California poppies dot the ground. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swale

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Noun

The ripe salt-sea smell, raw and delicious and foul, that rose up from the platform and haunted the marsh for miles around, was today tamped down by the freshwater air blowing down from the north.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Situated between busier coastal destinations this idyllic town and its marshes will immediately transport you back to your early carefree days playing in creeks, digging in pluff mud, catching crawfish, and tossing cast nets.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

Definition of marsh

Noun

Healthy soils, wetlands, forests and working ecosystems aren’t just environmental assets.

— Sara Roversi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
For decades, so much water has been taken that the river seldom meets the sea in Mexico, and its delta, once filled with lush wetlands and forests, has shriveled to stretches of dry riverbed.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of wetland

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Inside the charges Cacioppo was indicted on a slew of charges, along with four other individuals, in 2003 for a kickback scheme for contracts at Rockhurst University.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Even with marketable names and elite in-ring performers like Black now available to sign elsewhere, WWE will continue to move forward with its current roster, which includes a slew of recent NXT call-ups.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of slough

Noun

In Connecticut, roughly a dozen species are on the federal Endangered Species Act, including the roseate tern, piping plover, rufa red knot, Indiana bat, Northern long-eared bat, and bog turtle.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 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

Definition of bog

Noun

As the Coast Starlight approaches the Bay Area, the train glides past marshlands, open water, and distant city skylines before continuing toward California’s Central Coast.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Chef Ángel León serves half the menu outside on a pier so diners can soak in the sunsets and surrounding marshland.

— Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 June 2026

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