marshland

Example Sentences

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A police dog and its handler searched marshland near to London Road and found a man who tried to run away but was stopped by the canine.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Northern Sweden, where the training took place, is a web of rivers, lakes and marshland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

As a two-time cancer survivor, she has tried to avoid the Stauffer site and Blair landfill, which is shrouded by marshland off the San Francisco Bay Trail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

Cities built on drained marshland or fill are especially vulnerable to compaction.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

At the day’s end they came to a stream that wandered down from the hills to lose itself in the stagnant marshland, and they went up along its banks while the light lasted.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien