swamps 1 of 2

plural of swamp

swamps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swamp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swamps
Noun
The land was also covered by swamps and ponds, where animals lived, including deer, ducks and hogs. Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 These mammals are found across North America, residing in every kind of habitat from hardwood forests to coastal plains to swamps. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025 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 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 Far from the equatorial lowlands where these swamps formed, polar glaciers steadily marched on the midlatitudes and threatened to take over the entire planet. Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 On the coast, there is a swampy coastal plain with mangrove swamps. Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Wood storks are North America’s only native stork and usually like living in southern swamps, according to the National Audubon Society. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025 With their dark, armored skin and bony scutes, or external plates, American alligators thrive in slow-moving freshwater rivers, swamps, marshes, and lakes across the Southeast, including Florida's Everglades. Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swamps
Noun
  • Spend some time adventuring on the island’s creeks and marshes via a kayak tour.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Among the greatest dangers faced in coastal marshes is sinking.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But this isn’t to say pickles themselves are inherently unhealthy.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Each burger is hand-packed with crisp lettuce, tomato, pickles and just a swipe of mustard — nothing unnecessary, nothing pretentious.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shauna Bell, who lives along Van Buren, said the nearby stormwater drain is constantly clogged from highway debris, which floods her yard.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
  • What To Know One of the most dangerous threats for Southern California will be the risk of debris flow as the rain floods recent burn scars, including the Eaton Scar and Bridge Scar.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over such spans, change overwhelms continuity; too much simply disappears.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This figure motivates Butrich but also overwhelms her.
    Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Mineral Belt Trail traces old mining routes and railroad beds, passing historic sites, rivers, and wetlands.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now the wetlands, woods, wildflower meadows and river views, which are managed and protected by River Fields conservancy, are open for the public to enjoy from dawn to dusk.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pakistan Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said his nation was hoping for more of a consensus going into Tuesday’s vote given the funding predicaments and operational issues that have dogged the MSS.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Is River in desperate need of some R&R, or is everyone else projecting their own predicaments onto him?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Americans are used to thinking about automation as something that devastates factory towns in the heartland.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The novel is about three teenagers experiencing the joy and angst of their senior year in a New York City high school as the AIDS crisis devastates their community.
    Abdi Nazemian, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those on the conference call would likely face very human dilemmas, and that might lead them to deviate from the rules, added Erin Dumbacher, an expert in nuclear policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For the creation of wonderful characters and a story that feels spontaneous yet precise in its depiction of power, its moral dilemmas, and the absurd contradictions with the human condition.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025

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