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Proponents of the philosophy say it reduces management layers that bog down decision-making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

NRW said the vehicles travelled over private land to the Moel Fferna peak, leaving "huge tyre marks and damage" in peat and blanket bog habitats, both of which are "rare and protected".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Jones said the best way to spot healthy peatland was the plants growing on it, "there'll be grasses, sedges, heathers, critically there will often be bog mosses of the genus sphagnum".

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

But Green, who oversaw that recovery project, said the bog bush cricket would be more difficult to rear because it can be cannibalistic and has a longer, two-year life cycle.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

I picked moss out of my hair and tried in vain to brush the mud from my pants, but succeeded only in smearing it, making me look like some bog creature vomited from the earth.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Then in 1857, the regime of Emperor Napoleon III ordered the planting of maritime pines to drain the bogs of southwestern France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Tackling the High Fens fire was made much harder by the fens' terrain -- a patchwork of heath, peat bogs and raised wooden boardwalks.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

On the silver screen, it dazzles like few contemporary science fiction films do, opting for color over the pallid gray verisimilitude that often bogs down its peers.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

That night they made camp on the southern edge of the bogs, halfway between the kingsroad and the river.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

With only the swirling sounds of an overhead air conditioning vent to cloud her thoughts, she explained that, at the beginning, “Estrus” was bogged down by an unprecedented wave of writer’s block.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

If that person went on vacation or had other priorities, the process bogged down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Vance's comments came amid growing signs that President Donald Trump is trying to draw a line under the conflict that has bogged down his administration.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Doctors are frustrated because they are bogged down with patients.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

We get bogged down in traffic for several miles, and even though Radar is desperate to violate the speed limit, he’s lucky when he can go thirty.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

EU membership also risks bogging down Icelandic businesses in bureaucracy, she and other business leaders said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Late-arriving tax forms from partnerships and brokerage firms are also bogging down returns, O’Saben noted.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

Seventeen of his home runs came before the All-Star break, a sign of injuries bogging down his results at the plate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

"For that potential purchase to best compliment Netflix, the planned split of WBD would make its studio more attractive without bogging it down with TV networks that aren't as agile as Netflix," Benes told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

The discovery of a fissile isotope that could be separated from its parent by chemical means might quell the skepticism still bogging down the uranium program.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik