marshy

To support Henry Bacon’s Parthenon-like building and Daniel Chester French’s colossal statue, builders had to sink 122 hollow steel cylinders deep into the marshy soil to reach bedrock, then fill each pillar with concrete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

It will occupy an area partly covered in a marshy oasis, or "vega," which acts as a natural sponge.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

For example, Olduvai Gorge Bed in Tanzania has been described as freshwater woodland and grassland, while the Upper Bed reflects drier woodlands and marshy areas.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026

Not far from the school is a marshy wetland, where ducks, geese and migrating birds come to rest and relax, a smorgasbord for a pair of eagles and their young.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

You have to avoid the river and especially that marshy part before the swamp trees start cuz that’s where the crocs live, easily big enough to kill an almost-man and his dog.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

From Nijmegen down to the Belgian border extends a marshy area which can be made marshier by flood water from two big canals which enclose it on the west and south.

From Time Magazine Archive

The land grew marshier, inlets appeared, and soon we traveled over the bridge to the island.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

After hours of searching, the woman was found in one of the deepest, marshiest areas of the preserve.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2022