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There are more than 100 ways to restore peatland, including blocking drains and ditches and re-establishing bog vegetation.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
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
He felt that he was lying in a soft slimy bog, and springing up he set his foot on the corner of a cold hard flagstone.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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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
"Those are the sort of bogs this ends up getting stuck in," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 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
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In a speech, Rowley called for the force to be allowed to deploy new technology without being bogged down by legislation and bureaucracy.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
“It’s just looking at every day as a new opportunity to learn and grow and not getting too bogged down when things don’t go exactly as you planned,” Brink told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
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 $3.5 billion project has become bogged down in delays and contractural disputes, and remains in the testing phase.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Jellyfish don’t get bogged down by drama, love, friendship, or sorrow.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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Late-arriving tax forms from partnerships and brokerage firms are also bogging down returns, O’Saben noted.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Seventeen of his home runs came before the All-Star break, a sign of injuries bogging down his results at the plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
"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
Aware of the backlog of passport renewals bogging down the system, Dr. Simonson was worried.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
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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