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marsh

[mahrsh] / mɑrʃ /


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“Tiny dog escapes marsh, survives aerial assault by an organized gang of seagulls, and is rescued by the Menlo Park Fire Department,” East Palo Alto police wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Environmentalists say the wall will accelerate erosion elsewhere while starving the neighboring salt marsh of sediment, hurting wildlife.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The project draws upon the group's Hop of Hope citizen rewilding programme, which has helped restore more than 8,000 large marsh grasshoppers to wetlands in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire since 2018.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

Police have said they do not believe Heuermann killed Gilbert and that her death was likely an accident from drowning or other dangerous conditions in the marsh where she was found.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

We fell silent as we got closer, quiet as the bubbles breaking in the mud of the marsh.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Saltwater is beginning to contaminate farmland reclaimed over the past five centuries from the delta marshes.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Along the way, it passes through some of the country's most beautiful and varied landscapes, from salt marshes and sandy beaches to cliffs, dunes and historic coastal towns.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

What was viewed as merely eccentric in 1956, when Gavin Maxwell brought an otter back from the Tigris marshes, would now be seen as unethical, not to mention illegal.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

Monterey County neighbors to the facility have complained of feeling sick since the fire, and a recent study detected toxic metals in nearby marshes.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2026

Hippos came ashore at night, but only in the marshes.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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