marshy
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Marshy areas in the center were dug out to accommodate shipping channels.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2015
In Myrtle Beach, S.C., local boosters succeeded in a nationwide search for a living namesake by finding Mrs. Myrtle Beach of Fort Madison, Iowa, mother of three � Sandy, Marshy and Rocky.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marshy silt and decomposed plants made a surface that looked completely solid, but it was even worse than quicksand.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Marshy districts were impoldered or turned into pasture-land.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
Grounds most fit and proper to be cast into a Pond, are those which are Marshy, or Boggy, or full of Springs, unfit for Grazing, or to be put to any profitable use besides.
From The School of Recreation (1696 edition) Or a Guide to the Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Riding, Racing, Fireworks, Military Discipline, The Science of Defence by Howlett, Robert
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