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swamp

[swomp] / swɒmp /




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The remains came from both native and introduced animals, including cows, kangaroos, emus, sheep, pigs, dingoes, rabbits, possums, quolls and swamp rats.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

In January I left New York and moved back to South Florida, and I can officially confirm: Florida is a swamp.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

"In the afternoon it becomes really intolerable, because this is reclaimed swamp," he said, nodding to Washington's geography.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

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

Staggering and exhausted, they climbed out of the swamp and mist, past the twisted, dark-leaved trees, onto land where grass grew again.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

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

Philip is a harvester of periwinkles, but says the sea snails - a delicacy in the Niger Delta - are hard to come by these days in the mangroves and swamps.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

A river stretched along the far horizon, lined with a few reeds growing up from the swamps.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

If you’re new to her work, here is where to start with Groff’s sprawling canon, which spans from steamy Florida swamps to medieval abbeys with a gift for the unexpected.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

The train rose into the air, rail pilings lifting it over the swamps below.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

"Our profits got squeezed. We could not simply raise prices as we would be swamped by imports," said Steve Tavera, a member of the Philippine Plastics Industry Association.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

The single votes that they acquire for every SpaceX Class A share offered in the IPO is swamped by the 10 votes per share of the company’s class B stock.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Attorneys are swamped with threats against public figures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Though the horse was not going to race in the state, carloads of fanatically devoted admirers drove hundreds of miles and swamped the town just to see him gallop in his morning workouts.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Study suggests two underwater faults could each generate 7.1 quakes, swamping areas near shore with 30-foot waves.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

“Rashomon” begins in that torrential downpour, swamping the men who huddle for shelter beneath the pillars of the ancient gate.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

Pictures show the deep flood waters swamping bridges and fast moving water swirling down roads.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2025

She bent over the side to try to wash the smell off her hands, nearly swamping the boat.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck




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