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bog

[bog, bawg] / bɒg, bɔg /


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

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Some years, local boaters will push the floating bog to prevent it from drifting towards local bridge.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

TikTok accounts linked to the group showed images and videos of them at the site causing "serious damage" to the peat and bog habitat and "leaving deep tracks when entering the blanket bog".

From BBC Aug. 26, 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

She dreamed of oceans of ink and forests of quills and an endless bog of words.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

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

Metadiscourse is not the only form of self-consciousness that bogs down professional prose.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The company “pulled a lot of middle management out, which bogged down a lot of the decision-making,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Doctors are frustrated because they are bogged down with patients.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2026

Don’t get bogged down by complicated recipes that require buying lots of new ingredients — simple meals work.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

He now finds himself bogged down in talks with Iran with no end in sight.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Now Mr. Patterson had me bogged down in some kind of investigation, and I wasn't supposed to talk about anything until he had outlined the clearest course of action.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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

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

Shorty has all these goals and plans, and it starts to seem that those things are bogging him down.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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