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everglade

[ev-er-gleyd] / ˈɛv ərˌgleɪd /








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I have only a short time to be out," objected Cora, "and perhaps some other time I will come to see your everglade.

From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Penrose, Margaret

Picking a path as they went on Jack and his companions pushed into the deep everglade, the lush undergrowth sometimes quite impeding their progress, and making their advance very slow.

From The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island by Burleigh, Cyril

The spot on the edge of an everglade.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne

I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.

From Before Adam by London, Jack

Possibly in the midst of some Florida everglade, making a noise like a piece of meat in order to snare crocodiles.

From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

The website features sounds from locations like national parks and the everglades.

From The Verge Jun. 24, 2022

He gathered fourteen crocodiles and alligators from the everglades and swamps of Florida and Louisiana, the streams of the Amazon, the wilds of Senegal and the muddy marshes of old Nile.

From Slate Feb. 8, 2020

Protecting nature: Sequoias, glaciers, the everglades — officials with the National Park Service are wondering just what will be left of these parks in 100 years.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2016

At the edge of the everglades, and over two miles from the nearest town, around 200 people live in the small, neat bungalows.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2013

Several of these so called 'alli-bats' escaped into the everglades, but it is doubted that they will be able to reproduce themselves.

From A Mixture of Genius by Castle, Arnold




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