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Recent Examples of boggy
Thursday’s news that Amazon had struck a deal with Bond rights holders Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to seize creative control of the franchise means the longtime boggy stalemate between the two parties is over, and the new Bond will assuredly move forward.
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James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
Our itinerary would take us from the drier — though still boggy — east of the country all the way to the misty mountains of the southwest, running for many hours each day.
—Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Peatlands are a boggy ecosystem that despite covering only 3 percent of the earth's land surface, contain more carbon than all of the planet's forests combined and play a vital role in water regulation; retaining and gradually releasing water.
—Andrew Wight, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But the West Highland Way is also steeped in natural beauty, from its scattered and steep Munros to its torrid rivers and boggy grasslands.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
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James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
Our itinerary would take us from the drier — though still boggy — east of the country all the way to the misty mountains of the southwest, running for many hours each day.
—Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Peatlands are a boggy ecosystem that despite covering only 3 percent of the earth's land surface, contain more carbon than all of the planet's forests combined and play a vital role in water regulation; retaining and gradually releasing water.
—Andrew Wight, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But the West Highland Way is also steeped in natural beauty, from its scattered and steep Munros to its torrid rivers and boggy grasslands.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boggy
Adjective
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Brown or black leaf spot, along with rust, is also prolific when cool, moist conditions prevail in fall.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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The moist and tender carrot cake is also stacked three layers high and frosted with Brown-Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gone are the mattyifying mists and powders needed for humid summer days and nights.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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After the stretch of hazy, warm and humid summer nights running from June through August, September brings us cooler temperatures and generally clearer and more transparent skies.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Years later, a graduate student had collected samples of the cheese from its aging caves – damp, dark rooms cut into the hillside – and brought them back to the lab, where Wolfe noticed the change in appearance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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Rain is coming, penciled in for an hour or two from now, and a harsh British wind is flinging leaves off branches and cloaking the countryside with something that smells dungy and damp.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One clammy hand grips the wheel.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
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Signs of dehydration can include dry mouth, the inability to produce tears and clammy skin.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Expect roaring fires, squashy armchairs, and hedonistic feasts.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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On a sunny, private patio populated by trilling birds and brightly colored Acapulco chairs, Iliza Shlesinger nestles into a squashy outdoor couch next to her rescue dog, Tian Fu.—
Morena Duwe,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Abnormal’s flagship beer, Boss Pour is a blast from our brewing past, a salute to the dank, hop-heavy India Pale Ales that put San Diego on the brewing map.—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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DeMarco’s records were easy, loose, and cool, with echoes of Neil Young and Brian Wilson, if they’d been reared on dank memes, legal weed, and back issues of Thrasher.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Trees growing in irrigated lawns are susceptible to overwatering.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Boggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boggy. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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