marshland
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Duryea’s sits on a rugged stretch of road with no sidewalks, surrounded by marshland and sparkling bay views.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The militia member said the number of dead was unknown, as the operation on the vast expanse of water and marshland between Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad was still ongoing.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
Amid this gentle drama, Jewett depicts the marshland, where “the lines of the creeks made a broad tracery whichever way one looked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
A second video shows Mr Holston heading into marshland to capture a juvenile saltwater crocodile.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
“It wouldn’t turn into marshland just because it’s closed.”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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The city is built on former marshlands and is intersected by a network of canals, many of them heavily flooded by the rains.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Canvey Island Foreshore, Essex - a family-favourite sandy beach, the island has only been populated since the 17th Century when the Dutch made the marshlands habitable.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Focusing instead on strengthening levees in the Delta and restoring tidal marshlands, he said, would ensure that water is “delivered to the doorstep of your existing pumps reliably.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said the diversion helped the river’s flow of sediment and relieved oversaturated marshlands, MLive.com reported.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
They emerged from the woods on top of a low bluff that marked the border of the marshlands.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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