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Proponents of the philosophy say it reduces management layers that bog down decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Roberts said blanket bog is a particularly sensitive part of the UK's wildlife.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

"However, equally as important as restoring the rare bog habitat, is ensuring reptile populations are protected."

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Jones said the best way to spot healthy peatland was the plants growing on it, "there'll be grasses, sedges, heathers, critically there will often be bog mosses of the genus sphagnum".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Her head drooped forward into the puddle, the wisps of her blonde hair dabbling in it like tree roots in a bog, and I realized she was asleep.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Then in 1857, the regime of Emperor Napoleon III ordered the planting of maritime pines to drain the bogs of southwestern France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

The government agency found areas devoid of vegetation, dead wildlife and scorched bogs in an initial inspection of the damage.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Foundations are sometimes built on peat bogs: if these dry out, they shrink, and cracks can appear in buildings," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

Ishmael’s grandfather had been a Highland Presbyterian, his grandmother an Irish zealot from the bogs above Lough Ree; they met in Seattle five years before the Great Fire, wed, and raised six sons.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Video from the port area, as well as from other locations in Nepal, showed military personnel and rescue workers crawling across the mud to avoid getting bogged down in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Doctors are frustrated because they are bogged down with patients.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Don’t get bogged down by complicated recipes that require buying lots of new ingredients — simple meals work.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

He isn’t the first president to get bogged down in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

But the program was bogged down in paperwork.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

EU membership also risks bogging down Icelandic businesses in bureaucracy, she and other business leaders said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Late-arriving tax forms from partnerships and brokerage firms are also bogging down returns, O’Saben noted.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

But Kail’s fleet maneuvers keep the production from bogging down without lessening the emotional combustion that is the source of the playwright’s lasting genius.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

"For that potential purchase to best compliment Netflix, the planned split of WBD would make its studio more attractive without bogging it down with TV networks that aren't as agile as Netflix," Benes told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

There was sand in the road and they had to throw all their weight on the pedals to keep from bogging.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers