bog

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

He grew up a farmer, and when he founded a golf course here 30 years ago, his favorite part was moving dirt around what had once been a peat bog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Companies would theoretically also be able to avoid opposition from communities that don’t want data centers in their backyards and sidestep regulations that bog down construction on Earth.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025

He noted that “holdover” is also used to describe peat bog fires that burn many feet below the surface for weeks or months, even under snowpack.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

It came from somewhere to his right, where broken chunks of the curtain wall lay half-submerged beneath the bog.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin