marshland
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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
Northern Sweden, where the training took place, is a web of rivers, lakes and marshland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
A second video shows Mr Holston heading into marshland to capture a juvenile saltwater crocodile.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
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
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
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
Its marshlands store large amounts of carbon, helping to mitigate climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
But the rare subspecies adapted to live in saltwater marshlands are considered threatened.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
Drought has led thousands of families to emigrate from the country's waterways and UNESCO-recognised marshlands, threatening a way of life, and worsening heat is leading to increasingly risky conditions for those who work outdoors.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2023
They emerged from the woods on top of a low bluff that marked the border of the marshlands.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
