bog

The real engineer of a healthy bog, experts say though, is sphagnum moss.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Proponents of the philosophy say it reduces management layers that bog down decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Citizen Zoo, which recruits communities to get involved in local rewilding efforts, hopes to restore the bog bush cricket to habitats across East Anglia.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

But Green, who oversaw that recovery project, said the bog bush cricket would be more difficult to rear because it can be cannibalistic and has a longer, two-year life cycle.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

I flushed the bog and sprayed the sicky air freshener, holding my breath.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

It is thought to be the result of peat bogs detaching from the bottom of the lake and floating to the surface.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Then in 1857, the regime of Emperor Napoleon III ordered the planting of maritime pines to drain the bogs of southwestern France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Tackling the High Fens fire was made much harder by the fens' terrain -- a patchwork of heath, peat bogs and raised wooden boardwalks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

He moves from the peat bogs of 18th-century Ireland to the dot-com bust with equal authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

The larvae eventually drop to the ground and form cocoons in the peat of tamarack bogs or the duff under spruce or pines.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

With only the swirling sounds of an overhead air conditioning vent to cloud her thoughts, she explained that, at the beginning, “Estrus” was bogged down by an unprecedented wave of writer’s block.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

If that person went on vacation or had other priorities, the process bogged down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Vance's comments came amid growing signs that President Donald Trump is trying to draw a line under the conflict that has bogged down his administration.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Doctors are frustrated because they are bogged down with patients.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

In April 1917, an offensive by British and Canadian troops at the city of Arras in northern France bogged down in sleet, snow, and ankle-deep mud.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

EU membership also risks bogging down Icelandic businesses in bureaucracy, she and other business leaders said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Late-arriving tax forms from partnerships and brokerage firms are also bogging down returns, O’Saben noted.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

Carolla said it’s a symptom of the larger trend across L.A. that he regularly complains about: regulations and over-engineering bogging development down to the point where no one can afford to build.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

"For that potential purchase to best compliment Netflix, the planned split of WBD would make its studio more attractive without bogging it down with TV networks that aren't as agile as Netflix," Benes told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

Along a road running perpendicular to a river, the traffic thickened, bogging the ambulance down.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand