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[fen] / fɛn /


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We stop at a popular shop, newly under a roof, for cheung fen, rice-flour rolls dressed in sesame, soy, and chile, and eat standing up, like before.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

The council said contractors would use machinery with wide tracks to reduce damage from them to the area of wildflower grassland, marshy fen and wet woodland.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

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

But, being Lyra, she didn’t fret about it for long, for there was the fen town to explore and many gyptian children to amaze.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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