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noun

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Recent Examples of swamp
Verb
This being Father’s Day, Lynn has been swamped these past few weeks making videos for Cameo. Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025 City Council meetings in the largely progressive city have been so swamped by pro-Palestinian activists seeking to speak and demand a ceasefire resolution that the council adopted new rules and moved many meetings online. Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Noun
The Atchafalaya River Basin is the country’s largest river swamp. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 May 2025 Each episode takes Kit and Sam to a new ecosystem, such as a desert, swamp, and island. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for swamp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamp
Verb
  • As new waves of detainees flooded into the facility over the last two weeks, the staffer said, the facility was chaotic and lacking basic supplies.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • TikTok users flooded the comments section with praise for Coleman's fresh take on wedding fashion.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The number of wild burros roaming pine forests and sagebrush fields has grown in recent years, with experts worried that the miniature beasts of burden could overwhelm rare and endangered species of plants.
    Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
  • Two to 4 inches of rain fell within a matter of hours late June 14, which overwhelmed and flooded the nearby Appalachian creeks and waterways, Weather.com reported.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025
  • Alligators are common in North Carolina American alligators occur naturally in North Carolina, according to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and can be found inhabiting bay lakes, rivers, creeks, marshes, swamps and ponds.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • In addition to sauces, Pickled Prince sells pickles, giardiniera and kimchi at farmers markets, alongside a funky-looking pickle mascot.
    Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • Add 1 tablespoon of the simple syrup and pickle brine.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • As the week goes on, heat will expand into the Midwest and the Great Lakes area before engulfing the Northeast this weekend in what will be the region’s first prolonged heat wave.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 18 June 2025
  • As Scott left the putting surface, Spaun tried to figure out how to attack a 187-yard approach shot from outside the ropes in the gallery and Burns stared at a ball that was engulfed by Oakmont’s thick rough about 10 yards ahead of him.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • The Thunder overcame two Game 7s en route to the title, and they will now forever be called champions.
    Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Advertisement Indiana tried its best to overcome heartbreak in Game 7: Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers’ star point guard who was playing with a calf strain in his right leg, suffered an achilles injury in the first quarter.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Two years ago, when Villa were in a similar predicament, the sale of Martinez was discussed as a last resort before the club decided to move on talented youngsters to balance the books instead.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • But this latest landslide win creates a predicament for the Philippines, as the mayor-elect is thousands of miles away behind bars awaiting trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 17 May 2025

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“Swamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swamp. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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