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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swales
Noun
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By leaving roots in place, the landscape may remain more stable, helping reduce sediment runoff into creeks and wetlands.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025 -
Visitors can also tube or kayak along the Delaware, wander the wetlands of the Bashakill Wildlife Management Area, or even tackle sections of the Appalachian Trail, all within a short drive.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whatever the name, for centuries people have reported seeing these eerie, faint blue flames hovering over marshes, bogs and other wetlands.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
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Emerald Isle, North Carolina, confesses its obvious charms—brilliant blue-green waters, a verdant maritime forest, and lush marshes—in its name.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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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
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If something happens to the water, land or the sloughs that hold the wild rice beds, the tribe has nowhere else to go, Tsosie explained.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Whatever the name, for centuries people have reported seeing these eerie, faint blue flames hovering over marshes, bogs and other wetlands.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
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Corrèze’s natural world is really where the destination shines; between waterfalls, cliffs, lakes, bogs, gorges, and mountains, there’s no shortage of stunning land to explore.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Don Sproul,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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So with nothing to stop them, the birds flew to nearby marshlands and began reproducing.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As their name suggests, annual killifish appear for a brief period of the year in floodplains, wetlands, swamps and other temporary aquatic environments.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Cottonmouths can be found in aquatic and wetland areas like swamps, marshes, drainage ditches, ponds, lakes and streams.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The song centers on a potential lover intent on enticing someone who found big cities in California and New York underwhelming to try out the sights of moonlit cypress trees in Louisiana, with its swamplands and sounds of Zydeco.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In addition, 288 tons of green waste and other debris had been cleared from yards, washes and roads.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Both Eichholz and Pozniak recommend washing your towels in cold water for frequent washes.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Swales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swales. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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