swamp

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The difference is a matter of a few hundred bucks, and what you pay in capital gains taxes is likely to swamp any tiny performance advantage.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

It is bordered by vast swamp forests and largely undisturbed lowland rainforest growing atop deep peat deposits.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

When you hail from one of the top 10 swamp cities in northeastern Florida, it’s just about impossible not to have a few in your circle.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Plaquemines Parish, a case so bizarre it could only have come out of the Louisiana swamp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Instead, he determined the companions would travel some distance from the edges of the swamp, keeping to solid ground and following a path half-circling the bog until they reached the moors.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander