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swale

noun

Definition of swale

as in marsh

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Recent Examples of swale When looking in mountainous areas, find homes at higher elevations and away from rivers or streams – or engineer earthen berms and swales that help guide flooding runoff away from the home, experts say. — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 21 May 2026 Add a drainage ditch or swale to absorb water during storms. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 May 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for swale

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Noun

Viewed from the waters of Turner Creek, a serpentine tributary east of Savannah, the dock stretches so far across the marsh that even those with 20-20 vision must squint to see where planking meets terra firma.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Before the healing process was complete, however, Scotty died in what scientists believe was a salty marsh.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of marsh

Noun

In Uganda and Rwanda, mushroom cultivation provides households with income while easing the pressure on wetland areas that support threatened cranes.

— John Cannon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Landowner Wayne Cooke wanted to sell when Costco put forward a development proposal in 2015, but the project couldn’t secure approval from the wetlands board.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of wetland

Noun

Carter ruled after a 3½-hour hearing Tuesday, where a slew of attorneys for the state, county and independent voting rights groups argued against the administration’s demands.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
This time of year, the ranch’s Duroc, Hampshire and Berkshire cross hogs are paddocked along a slough, grunting and squealing under the canopy of oak and walnut trees.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of slough

Noun

In the Scottish Highland counties of Caithness and Sutherland, a blanket bog has been unfurling over the landscape for some nine millennia.

— Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Accounts of injuries, even fatalities, are reminders that beneath the mystery of a bog’s soft ground lies real danger.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of bog

Noun

South Carolina went into the swamp and beat the Gators 38-19.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The bog and its cousins the swamp and marsh have always occupied a certain niche in popular culture, but more recently these landscapes are enjoying broader appeal.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of swamp

Noun

The Bluff offers a gorgeous view of a section of the Tanana River and the surrounding boglands, ranging from permafrost forests to wet fens to bogs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The wind reaches the fens of eastern England before the light does, moving over the marshes in long gray sweeps.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of fen

Noun

He was dressed in his campaign uniform of a Carhartt jacket over a tight black T-shirt and dark-wash jeans, and accompanied by his three bodyguards.

— Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
The company identified wash, rub and lightfastness testing under ASTM standards as next steps toward product development but did not provide specific test designations or performance grades.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

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