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Recent Examples of swampland
As with her earlier work, ecotourism will be a crucial component of conserving these feral swamplands and dry tropical forests at the heart of South America.
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The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
Thirty-seven years ago this week, people in Broward County went to the polls and taxed themselves to protect swampland, trees and mangroves from bulldozers.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Food and music may anchor daily life in Lafayette, but the surrounding swampland—and its hunting, fishing, birding, and kayaking—completes it.
—Phil Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
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The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
Thirty-seven years ago this week, people in Broward County went to the polls and taxed themselves to protect swampland, trees and mangroves from bulldozers.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
The pic centers on a group of holidaymakers who must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Food and music may anchor daily life in Lafayette, but the surrounding swampland—and its hunting, fishing, birding, and kayaking—completes it.
—Phil Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swampland
Noun
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Walleye anglers should also try using frogs as bait in autumn, near places where marshes join the main lake.—
Chad Mason,
Outdoor Life,
3 June 2026
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Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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The Okefenokee swamp's prairies are vast, watery expanses dotted with floating islands and stands of cypress and other trees.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The plaintiffs stressed that the detention center had been put in a freshwater wetland near Everglades National Park, a pristine ecosystem inhabited by dozens of threatened or endangered species and not far from a Miccosukee village.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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This involved a weekslong search of the wetlands surrounding the launch site at Cape Canaveral for pieces of the booster.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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“Swampland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swampland. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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