bog
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Anything would be better than trotting out another bog standard pro sports salute to the troops that year.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
Tightening regulation and environmental concerns over sphagnum - the bog moss that turns to peat - have brought changes, but commercial gathering of common moss remains legal in Wales provided pickers have a permit.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
The expedited processing works by stripping away many of the discretionary review processes that typically bog down housing projects: City Council hearings, environmental reports, neighborhood outreach meetings, etc.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
Companies would theoretically also be able to avoid opposition from communities that don’t want data centers in their backyards and sidestep regulations that bog down construction on Earth.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025
It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog, which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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English Words Derived from Gaelic
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