as in bathrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
they're out of paper in the bog again
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Recent Examples of bogs
Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Before the roads west of town were paved in 1936, reaching the lake meant navigating ruts, mud bogs and chugholes.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hoping to clear the way for a South American company to extract precious metals from the region’s pristine forests, lakes and bogs.
—Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Previously, common people had shared the right to plow open fields, gather firewood, graze animals and cut peat from nearby bogs.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
By late afternoon we were mixed up in a chain of lakes and ponds connected by channels winding through bogs.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
There's thick ice cover on New Jersey's cranberry bogs as well.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
Blazes can simmer in peat bogs and other areas of organic matter several feet below ground, just waiting to ignite again.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
Before the roads west of town were paved in 1936, reaching the lake meant navigating ruts, mud bogs and chugholes.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, hoping to clear the way for a South American company to extract precious metals from the region’s pristine forests, lakes and bogs.
—Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
In her hands are laminated pictures of striking red cranberry bogs fed by razor-straight water channels.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Previously, common people had shared the right to plow open fields, gather firewood, graze animals and cut peat from nearby bogs.
—Will Glovinsky, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.
—Mark Johanson, Outside, 14 Mar. 2026
By late afternoon we were mixed up in a chain of lakes and ponds connected by channels winding through bogs.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
There's thick ice cover on New Jersey's cranberry bogs as well.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogs
Noun
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State biologists also consider prescribed burns, 88,000 of which take place each year, as essential for restoring prairies, forests and marshes with new growth.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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No-see-ums breed in moist soil, marshes, sand, and in still or slow-moving bodies of water like streams, ponds, puddles, and freshwater areas.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The condo features 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Renderings released by officials this week showed a reimagined Penn Station, which has long suffered complaints for its underground layout that lacks infrastructure like adequate seating and bathrooms.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Noun
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From November through April, the subtropical dry season spells sunny skies, 70-degree days, and fewer blood-sucking bugs that plague South Florida’s wetlands throughout the rest of the year.—
Sarah L. Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Dec. 2025
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Serval cats roam savannahs and wetlands.—
Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Banatao says the project will provide more classroom space, more areas for student projects, dedicated space for music and arts programs and additional restrooms in the kindergarten/TK area.—
Gqlshare,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Dec. 2025
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Regular restrooms to replace portable toilets and more showers are being added.—
Theresa Walker,
Oc Register,
27 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Its disaster response fleet includes boats, barges and helicopters that can transport team members and equipment through hard-to-reach areas including swamps and mountains after a disaster, according to Shannon Browning, the associate director of AT&T's Network Disaster Recovery team.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
4 June 2026
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Leak material and trailer reads point to a much wider menu, including gym workouts, boxing and MMA, fishing, hunting, pool, mini-golf, races and packed clubs, layered over a denser ecosystem of swamps, beaches and wildlife.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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For toilets, Gagliardi recommends the Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaner—Lime & Rust Destroyer.—
Better Homes & Gardens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
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The system, used on cruise ships, uses smaller pipes and vacuum suction to flush the toilets.—
Steve Walsh,
NPR,
4 June 2026
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“Bogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogs. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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