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marsh

[mahrsh] / mɑrʃ /


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They are the large blue butterfly, the Duke of Burgundy butterfly, the marsh fritillary butterfly, the wart-biter cricket, juniper and the burnt-tip orchid.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

“Tiny dog escapes marsh, survives aerial assault by an organized gang of seagulls, and is rescued by the Menlo Park Fire Department,” East Palo Alto police wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Environmentalists say the wall will accelerate erosion elsewhere while starving the neighboring salt marsh of sediment, hurting wildlife.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The project draws upon the group's Hop of Hope citizen rewilding programme, which has helped restore more than 8,000 large marsh grasshoppers to wetlands in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire since 2018.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

So from there, we headed toward the marsh.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

North American river otters live in rivers, lakes, streams, marshes and on seacoasts, according to the conservation group River Otter Ecology Project.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

This giant salamander lived in the broad freshwater lakes and marshes that covered parts of Kyushu several million years ago.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

Along the way, it passes through some of the country's most beautiful and varied landscapes, from salt marshes and sandy beaches to cliffs, dunes and historic coastal towns.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

"However, the same cannot be said for intertidal systems" such as salt marshes and mudflats that line the coast and are exposed at low tide, he added.

From Barron's Mar. 17, 2026

With it come the scents of salt and hay and fish markets and distant marshes and absolutely nothing that smells to her of war.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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