swamp
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The original features “an all-American archetype of a virtuous family pitted against a monster,” while Scorsese depicted a “broken and dysfunctional family and the monster is even more extreme, he’s like a swamp creature.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
They designed one to get wet, allowing for a swamp swim that nods to “Apocalypse Now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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
Sitting on the stump, my back to the swamp and the village, I was crying aloud, so that I did not even hear the crunch of her galoshes.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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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