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bog

[bog, bawg] / bɒg, bɔg /


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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

It also has unusual habitats like ffridd, a Welsh term for a type of upland ecosystem common in Wales, that is made up of a combination of habitats including bog, acid grassland, and bracken.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Even as they profess admiration for one another’s work, Ruth, Jay and Leigh sink into a bog of miscommunication and antagonism.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Anything would be better than trotting out another bog standard pro sports salute to the troops that year.

From Salon Mar. 18, 2026

A few minutes later Emma came wading through the bog, apologizing and talking a mile a minute.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

Dr Peter Jones has spent the past 30 years immersed - quite literally - in bogs, fens and wetlands, trying to help save the planet and earning himself the nickname The Bogfather in the process.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

On the silver screen, it dazzles like few contemporary science fiction films do, opting for color over the pallid gray verisimilitude that often bogs down its peers.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2026

For many years, geoscientists have lacked a clear explanation for why vast bogs appeared across the Southern Hemisphere after the last Ice Age.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2025

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

China’s export growth accelerated in May, offering a vital lifeline to an economy otherwise bogged down by a persistent domestic slowdown.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

But the sector has struggled to take off, bogged down by high costs and low investments.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

The agreement also settles two other disputes that have bogged down the case with appeals.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

"Insurance companies love to use long documents, policies with wording that doesn't make any sense, that get you bogged down, so by the time you start reading it, you feel like you can't finish."

From BBC Apr. 21, 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

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

From MarketWatch Apr. 9, 2026

But Kail’s fleet maneuvers keep the production from bogging down without lessening the emotional combustion that is the source of the playwright’s lasting genius.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 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

With winter conditions bogging down military troops and leaving both sides looking ahead to spring offensives, President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday called on Ukrainians from all regions to remain unified.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2023

There was sand in the road and they had to throw all their weight on the pedals to keep from bogging.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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