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swamp

[swomp] / swɒmp /




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The remains came from both native and introduced animals, including cows, kangaroos, emus, sheep, pigs, dingoes, rabbits, possums, quolls and swamp rats.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

"In the afternoon it becomes really intolerable, because this is reclaimed swamp," he said, nodding to Washington's geography.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Here’s what can’t be denied: The Sunshine State’s reputation as the nation’s dangle, Heaven’s lobby, and a land of swamp creatures and crocodile wrestlers and Disneyworld and Mar-A-Lago and, somehow, Miami.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

I speak, of course, of a sweaty $150 World Cup train ride from Manhattan…to the Meadowlands swamp.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Most of all, he thought about a hut in the swamp with a warm fire and racks of drying herbs and drakon jerky.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Philip is a harvester of periwinkles, but says the sea snails - a delicacy in the Niger Delta - are hard to come by these days in the mangroves and swamps.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

A river stretched along the far horizon, lined with a few reeds growing up from the swamps.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

If you’re new to her work, here is where to start with Groff’s sprawling canon, which spans from steamy Florida swamps to medieval abbeys with a gift for the unexpected.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

Simply, there are swamps which contain a large percentage of sulphur and other gas bubbles that burst continually into flame.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Recruiters and HR offices are swamped with applications that people churn out with job-search platforms and AI agents.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Feverish interest in players like Erling Haaland, boosted by Norway's victory over Brazil, means shops have been swamped as soon as fresh kits drop.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

"Our profits got squeezed. We could not simply raise prices as we would be swamped by imports," said Steve Tavera, a member of the Philippine Plastics Industry Association.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

The emergence of new fiscal concerns abroad has also revived perennial anxieties that the world is becoming swamped with bonds—thanks in large part to massive borrowing by the U.S. government.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

“I’m swamped down here. I know she’s probably waiting for some food. Please just go.”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

Study suggests two underwater faults could each generate 7.1 quakes, swamping areas near shore with 30-foot waves.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

With more than a billion internet users, India is grappling with AI-generated disinformation swamping social media.

From Barron's Feb. 17, 2026

Critics have accused both companies of contributing to a deluge of so-called AI slop swamping the internet and blurring lines between real and fake.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

Pictures show the deep flood waters swamping bridges and fast moving water swirling down roads.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2025

Waves crashed against it, swamping it for a moment before surging away, leaving it bold and grimly reaching upward.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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