swampland

Example Sentences

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The powers of a landowner can range from the almost full sovereignty enjoyed by a mighty feudal noble to the essentially nonexistent rights I have over the protected swampland outside my window.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

For Bangkok, a city of 11 million sitting on low-lying swampland, the management of its water has increasingly become a matter of survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

According to AP News, the center is designed to house up to 5,000 migrants in temporary structures and will rely on nearby swampland, as well as local wildlife like alligators and pythons, as natural barriers.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

Vice City's version of Miami's art deco, neon-lit beachfront appears in the trailer, as does the Grassrivers swampland, inspired by the Florida everglades.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

My dogs had jumped the coon in swampland.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls