bog
Example Sentences
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A Bronze Age shield found in a peat bog has been returned to Scotland for the first time in more than 230 years.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Anything would be better than trotting out another bog standard pro sports salute to the troops that year.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
Companies would theoretically also be able to avoid opposition from communities that don’t want data centers in their backyards and sidestep regulations that bog down construction on Earth.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 20, 2025
He noted that “holdover” is also used to describe peat bog fires that burn many feet below the surface for weeks or months, even under snowpack.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
“I don’t want to go this way. My body will be preserved forever like those bog mummies! I’ll become a Wikipedia page!”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Vocabulary lists containing bog
St. Patrick's Day Vocabulary: Words With Irish and Gaelic Roots
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English Words Derived from Gaelic
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