peat
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This moss, which can hold 20 times its own weight in water, is "really good at building peat".
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
Damaged peatland is also "much more prone to erosion" leading to "peat cliffs" where "all the peat around it has been slowly eroded away by wind and rain right down to bedrock".
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026
He moves from the peat bogs of 18th-century Ireland to the dot-com bust with equal authority.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In these regions, practices such as draining peatlands for agriculture, clearing forests, and converting land for development have made peat soils far more likely to ignite.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
Hernandez dumped a truckload of dirt in the driveway, and now they mixed it with peat moss before spreading it around the yard.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
Vocabulary lists containing peat
Western Europe - Introductory
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