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marsh

[mahrsh] / mɑrʃ /


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Old stone walls near the shoreline were flattened, while the Exmoor bay's shingle ridge was breached and moved inland by around 90 metres, creating a salt marsh which was left to its natural course.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

The trust was founded by Dr Sydney Long after he purchased 435 acres of marsh at Cley next the Sea in 1926.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Callum Laird plunged off the mountain due to icy conditions, and although he managed to break his descent at points by clinging to rocks, the 25-year-old eventually dropped onto a grassy marsh.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Ukrainians possessed intimate knowledge of every road junction, bridge, tunnel, marsh, river and choke point that could be exploited against a mechanized force dependent on road networks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Before her stretched a vast treeless waste, where heather and dwarf willow hugged the ground in a vain attempt to avoid the wind; where small peat-brown lakes shivered amid tossing marsh grass.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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