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Here’s what can’t be denied: The Sunshine State’s reputation as the nation’s dangle, Heaven’s lobby, and a land of swamp creatures and crocodile wrestlers and Disneyworld and Mar-A-Lago and, somehow, Miami.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

That’s a huge revision, and it was big enough to swamp the effects of reduced consumer spending.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

The original features “an all-American archetype of a virtuous family pitted against a monster,” while Scorsese depicted a “broken and dysfunctional family and the monster is even more extreme, he’s like a swamp creature.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

With younger generations even more deeply committed to the instant gratification of a digital swamp, and with national literacy scores signaling ever-decreasing levels of educational competence, I fear the national dialogue will not improve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Castro waded onto land and stumbled through a swamp to a hut.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

To conduct the study, Koparde and his team had to hike to remote locations and through difficult terrain, like moss-covered riverbanks and mangrove swamps.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Water was scarce; wetlands and lakes turned into swamps through soil erosion and overuse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

That figure swamps the second-place service, Disney, with only a 10% share.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

The worms, my mother told me, flourished abundantly in the swamps of some of the tribal reserves.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Recruiters and HR offices are swamped with applications that people churn out with job-search platforms and AI agents.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

"You need to be happy," reads graffiti spray-painted on a ruined building swamped in trash in Cuba's capital Havana.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

As a result, the city has been swamped with a mounting backlog of streetlight repairs — more than 33,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Now, as some businesses, investors and individuals become more concerned about who will be swamped in that transformation, the companies are making a pivot to trying to help manage the downside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Could it be that my grandmother’s sense of guilt, that sodden, malarial dread that swamped her insides almost seasonally—could this incurable virus have opened her up to Fard’s appeal?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Its competitors have accused it of irregular business practices, including winning illegal tax breaks in Kenya and swamping the market with bikes before the battery infrastructure is in place to handle the load.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

It is swamping the effects of tariffs and the war with Iran, events that would ordinarily be Category 5 storms in their own right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

"If a tidal wave of Chinese exports ends up swamping those markets and damaging employment and jobs … that's a massive diplomatic and geopolitical headache for the Chinese leadership."

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025

The worst flu season in years is swamping California, prompting a renewed surge in hospitalizations as officials warn the disease could continue circulating at high levels for weeks to come.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

Waves crashed against it, swamping it for a moment before surging away, leaving it bold and grimly reaching upward.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda