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moat

[moht] / moʊt /
NOUN
ditch
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Machinery has been used to cut a huge muddy track to open up the woods and create what Harold's Park site manager Tom Moat describes as an "artery of wildlife through the woodland".

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Mr Moat said "nothing is working as it should" in the landscape, which has lost beavers and bison, herds of wild boar and big herbivores.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Ms Moat, 60, who has been running her shop since 2005, said: "The price of flowers is ridiculous. Previously in the summer-time prices fell, but these days they are just staying the same."

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

If approved, Moat School would close either from 1 September 2025 or 1 September 2026.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

The wind on his cheeks was blowing from the south, and the only banners flying above the remains of Moat Cailin displayed a golden kraken on a field of black.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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