muskeg
Example Sentences
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He said it was burning along the surface of the ground through the aftermath of the former blaze and had much less fuel, and that muskeg was generating the smoke noticed by locals.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
There are no ATMs, hospitals, banks or grocery stores in this wilderness of taiga, deciduous and muskeg forest.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2016
Will the coordinates direct us to climb steep slopes or traipse through wet muskeg?
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2012
After a ten-hour day of shoveling gravel and sand to keep the railroad track from sinking into the muskeg, Spock would wipe the sweat from his mustache, wolf a huge supper, and unroll his blackboard.
From Time Magazine Archive
He saw Percy disappearing into the muskeg, then Hazel diving after him.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
