swamp
Example Sentences
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They designed one to get wet, allowing for a swamp swim that nods to “Apocalypse Now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Kino’s hypocrisy stems from the same swamp as the original’s fictitious Dr. Gröss, whose lurid footage climaxed with a tsk-tsking screed against poverty, pollution and fascism as major contributors to the global death toll.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The difference is a matter of a few hundred bucks, and what you pay in capital gains taxes is likely to swamp any tiny performance advantage.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Troops found the submarine in a mangrove swamp in the Cayapas–Mataje nature reserve.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
In one of their crashes, Aleksandr dislocated his shoulder as Sasha glided their doomed Pe-2 down to rest in a swamp.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing swamp
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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