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“There are big companies that have a lot of money, deep pockets — they could suffocate you, they can bog you down in litigation to the point where you can’t financially match them,” Colter said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The hero of bog creation, Ms. Turetsky relates, is sphagnum moss, one of nature’s most efficient sponges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

One such bog in Sweden called Gullåkra, “fields of gold,” served as a site of ritual sacrifice for millennia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Local resident Cheryl Treland told Wisconsin Public Radio in 2024 that the bog is "like an iceberg".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

It made for slow going, and all the ironbom were well aware of how exposed they were, well within bowshot of the bog devils and their poisoned arrows.

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

Since the prehistoric era, humans have recognized the ritual power of wetlands, some by depositing votive offerings into bogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

Tackling the High Fens fire was made much harder by the fens' terrain -- a patchwork of heath, peat bogs and raised wooden boardwalks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The outer highways aren't too crowded, but when we get closer to O'Hare, everything bogs down.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Regarding his strategy for dealing with stress, Wilcox said: "My wife will know when I am bogged down with frustration. When I re-energise, I do it on my own. Me and the dog, walking."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Don’t Have a Clue bag is a way to keep yourself from getting bogged down, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

With only the swirling sounds of an overhead air conditioning vent to cloud her thoughts, she explained that, at the beginning, “Estrus” was bogged down by an unprecedented wave of writer’s block.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

If that person went on vacation or had other priorities, the process bogged down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Here! Then just head east. No need to get bogged down in Bristol. M4 to junction 18, then the A46 to Bath. Bob's your uncle.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

The discovery of a fissile isotope that could be separated from its parent by chemical means might quell the skepticism still bogging down the uranium program.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik