marshland

Example Sentences

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The militia member said the number of dead was unknown, as the operation on the vast expanse of water and marshland between Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad was still ongoing.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

A spokesperson said the Muxton marshland had struggled because the willow plants dried out the fen.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Amid this gentle drama, Jewett depicts the marshland, where “the lines of the creeks made a broad tracery whichever way one looked.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

As a two-time cancer survivor, she has tried to avoid the Stauffer site and Blair landfill, which is shrouded by marshland off the San Francisco Bay Trail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

Below the Morelos Dam the river turns into a maze of irrigation canals, marshland, and dead-end channels, among which McCandless repeatedly lost his way: Canals break off in a multitude of directions.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer