fen
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When photographer Harry George Hall began reading about fen skating, he decided to make his way to rural Cambridgeshire to see it for himself.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023
The Sacketts’ property was connected to a fen and, thence, to the lake, via a “shallow subsurface flow” of moisture, the agency advised, making it subject to the 1972 Clean Water Act.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
She found, about 15 inches underground, partially decayed roots, twigs and the cold moisture of a fen.
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020
I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018
They weren’t visible, because the clouds were low and by statute airships had to keep a certain height above fen country, but who knew what cunning spy devices they might carry?
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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