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Recent Examples of swaleWhile an actual ditch is impractical for most yards, a swale can work wonders at moving water slowly, safely, and efficiently away.—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025 Hoadley says that this grass will thrive in a wet area in your landscape or anywhere there is seasonal moisture, such as rain gardens and swales.—Lauren David, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025 There, a swale known as Bobby Locke’s Hollow offers a bailout option for those steering clear of the ravine.—Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 Similar swales can be found in Onion Creek Metropolitan Park.—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for swale
It was identified as Erythrolamprus taeniogaster, or the coppery marsh-snake.
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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.
Getty Images Could this be a model for the future, especially for Winter Games facing a slew of 21st century complications?
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Blythe Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
The plan would mean that in a corporate fight — over board seats, takeovers, or the slew of social and environmental issues that regularly come up at the oil giant — shareholders who opt into Exxon’s plan would automatically side with management.
Once settled, campers can follow the Shoreline Trail from camp to make a loop around Turtle Back Hill, a promontory that juts out into a brackish, intertidal salt marshlands.
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Don Sproul,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
South of the Montna Farms rice fields, and dryer along Highway 99 in Sutter County, lie about 500 acres of seasonal marshland that has participated in wetlands incentive programs with BirdReturns since the program began in 2014.
Even checking email felt like wading into a swamp.
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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.
The actress had previously teamed up with the company for a suggestive body wash commercial.
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Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Before the Italy match, Wiegman brought into the dressing room a small wash bag, with the phrase ‘B****es get s*** done’ written on the side in glittery, Barbie-style lettering.
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