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marsh

[mahrsh] / mɑrʃ /


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The dinosaur ended up in a salty marsh, where conditions slowed decomposition and helped preserve the fragile network of blood vessels.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

An area of wet woodland and marsh has been acquired alongside pastureland south of the River Sow.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

He said people posted updates and photos about the bird on the forum, which drove more people to visit the marsh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The number and variety of plants increased over time, including locally rare species such as southern marsh orchid, greater tussock-sedge, yellow rattle and common centaury.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

A flash of something caught my eye and I looked right, to an area within the thick rushes of the marsh where a tidal pool of water had gathered.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

The ancient landscape surrounding the fossil site contained wetlands and marshes that could have provided suitable habitat for an enormous ambush predator.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

She said wasps on the marshes would have to deal with roaming cattle and sheep, so she challenged her inner "ungulate" to stroll through the office like a "browsing cow".

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Dick Dale is a New York landscape painter who boards at the Owen family farm in the salt marshes of northeastern Massachusetts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

‘And even if you pass the Gates of Argonath and come unmolested to the Tindrock, what will you do then? Leap down the Falls and land in the marshes?’

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


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