swampland
Example Sentences
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“The State of Florida has flourished in the years since Walt Disney himself surveyed many acres of swampland in 1963 and dreamed of the possibility of Walt Disney World,” the lawsuit says.
From Los Angeles Times
A preacher’s daughter disappears in the swamplands of Florida.
From New York Times
The town serves as safe haven and utopia both, hacked into the swampland by those seeking freedom.
From New York Times
Then he ran and ran, crossing more swampland and a river, until he came to a village.
From Washington Post
Others were peddled almost as cynically as Florida swamplands: “ocean view” cities nearly 30 miles from the ocean, and other “view” towns whose vistas were desert desolation.
From Los Angeles Times
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