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marshy

[mahr-shee] / ˈmɑr ʃi /


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To support Henry Bacon’s Parthenon-like building and Daniel Chester French’s colossal statue, builders had to sink 122 hollow steel cylinders deep into the marshy soil to reach bedrock, then fill each pillar with concrete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

From the pontoon, she pointed out the marshy shore and sea of pines at stake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

It will occupy an area partly covered in a marshy oasis, or "vega," which acts as a natural sponge.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said a Romanian F-16 fired a missile and drone debris fell in a marshy area in central Estonia on Tuesday.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

We made our way down Orange Street and through the city gates, across the marshy Neck to the mainland.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

From Nijmegen down to the Belgian border extends a marshy area which can be made marshier by flood water from two big canals which enclose it on the west and south.

From Time Magazine Archive

The land grew marshier, inlets appeared, and soon we traveled over the bridge to the island.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

After hours of searching, the woman was found in one of the deepest, marshiest areas of the preserve.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2022




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