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plural of bog

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water got a shoe stuck in the bog

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plural of bog, British

as in bathrooms

a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste they're out of paper in the bog again

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The books below will satisfy your bog witch cravings, while also reminding you of the real-world importance of bogs as bulwarks against climate change, cradles of biodiversity, and keepers of ancestral memory. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 Habitats include salt marsh, cranberry bogs and maritime shrubs and forests. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 2026 The Parker River National Widllife Refuge was established in 1971 and is home to more than 4,700 acres of wetlands, beaches, dunes, forests, bogs, salt marshes and mud flats. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, with a landscape of rugged beaches and peat bogs, and traveling through it usually involves many small logistics. — Hayley Domin, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026 About a hundred and fifty Hudsonian godwit pairs breed in the bogs near Beluga. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Then in 1857, the regime of Emperor Napoleon III ordered the planting of maritime pines to drain the bogs of southwestern France. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 During this time, bogs, marshes, and other wetlands, historically seen as disease-ridden and deleterious to human health, were reevaluated by scientists and conservationists as valuable wildlife habitats. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 The rest of the structure was made from stones (carefully stacked, with no mortar) and turf cut into chunks from the peat bogs. — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026

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Flores owns a private island in Louisiana’s marshes called Little Pecan.

— Rachel Nostrant, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026
Frith has three friends with her when she’s first seen traversing the marshes.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

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Accommodations are individually decorated in tones of soothing beige, and all have marble bathrooms.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
The larger Penthouse North, meanwhile, spans roughly 3,500 square feet and accommodates three bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and a pair of powder rooms across the fifth and sixth floors.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

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South Windsor’s wetlands board approved the proposal this summer, and the Newburys are now seeking a zoning permit.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026
The same principle applies to conservation protections covering much of the former Winter Springs Golf Course, our wetlands and our mature tree canopy.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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The floor plan tucks restrooms between the double-height entry and multipurpose room and uses the upper-level space above the toilets to smartly shield rooftop mechanical equipment from view.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
The centers would offer charging stations, Wi-Fi, bottled water, snacks, blankets, air conditioning and accessible restrooms.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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Hilly woods or swamps with lots of folds, ditches, and creeks are best for ground hunting.

— Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Staying safe from alligators in Florida Alligators have inhabited Florida's marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes for centuries and are found in all of Florida's 67 counties.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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Guests will also find Le Labo amenities and separate powder rooms with Toto toilets.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
An American Airlines flight was forced to divert its path and land early on Tuesday, after all but two of its toilets stopped working.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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