waterlog

Gusting winds protect the greens while rain can waterlog the seaside links, which see their conditions vary far more dramatically than at parkland-style courses such as Augusta National.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Critics say their dams can flood and waterlog fields while the animals themselves can feed on certain agricultural crops and damage trees.

From BBC ● May 5, 2025

"Beavers can flood and waterlog fields, feed on agricultural crops like maize, as well as damage and fell trees such as cricket bat willow."

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025

Not at Marvel's oversaturation – we passed the waterlog point long ago.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2023

The wood was soft, felt soft to the point of his knife, and he thought that might mean they would waterlog, but then he decided it wouldn’t matter.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

Across the waterlogged basin, it rained almost 8 inches over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

In the filmmaker’s imagination, the trick of hiding Greek warriors inside a wood contraption was more believable if it looked like a waterlogged offering to a god left by a departed army.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Professor Keith Walters from the university said the research suggested where slugs were more likely to show up, in particular how slug clusters re-established themselves after soil was waterlogged.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

His repeated attempts to flex expensive restaurant bills and hardman tough talk land like a waterlogged handkerchief after he’s spent song after song cataloging all the specific ways we’ve all hurt his feelings.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

“Use this on your blisters before going to sleep. And make sure you put a tarp over the firewood or it will be waterlogged by morning.”

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

Flash floods were waterlogging soils, while droughts were killing off whatever crops survived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Ecologists also observed widespread waterlogging that was damaging native vegetation.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

Heavy rain and gusty winds lashed India's southern coast as Cyclone Montha started to make landfall on Tuesday, officials said, disrupting flights and triggering waterlogging in low-lying areas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025

"Rising groundwaters can lead to flooding of coastal cities, waterlogging of farmlands and salinization of groundwaters and soils."

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2024

In parts of Amritsar, and markedly near the city, waterlogging has become a grave evil, but remedial measures have now been undertaken.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie