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swamp

[swomp] / swɒmp /




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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

I speak, of course, of a sweaty $150 World Cup train ride from Manhattan…to the Meadowlands swamp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

David Tor, acting director of the town's hospital, introduced AFP to a mother who had been forced to deliver in nearby swamp land.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Every few minutes, she would pause to get her bearings and listen for any sounds in the swamp.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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