fen
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The council said contractors would use machinery with wide tracks to reduce damage from them to the area of wildflower grassland, marshy fen and wet woodland.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
He found no sign of skaters or a wonky telegraph pole often referred to in fen skating circles.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023
The Sacketts’ property was connected to a fen and, thence, to the lake, via a “shallow subsurface flow” of moisture, the agency advised, making it subject to the 1972 Clean Water Act.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
She found, about 15 inches underground, partially decayed roots, twigs and the cold moisture of a fen.
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020
“I reckon it’s a spirit,” Lyra said, and for a moment she was tempted to throw the little thing into the middle of the fen.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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