as in wetlands
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
local farmers can make extra money by digging peat out of the nearby muskeg
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Noun
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The project, which is scheduled to begin in November, also includes opening up views along holes and on the water through vegetation management around wetlands, repairing and maintaining infrastructure like cart paths, and reshaping and laser-leveling all teeing areas.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026 -
In 2020, just 246 people tried to sneak into Poland from Belarus through the marshy wetlands on the border, according to the Polish government’s records.—
Jim Geraghty,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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The long stretch of sand, with shallow water perfect for wading, is located on a small peninsula bordered by the saltwater marshes of Ochlockonee Bay to the west and Apalachee Bay to the east.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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The wetland spans about 428,000 hectares (1,600 square miles) of lagoons, mangroves and marshes — roughly the size of Los Angeles — and has been a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 2000.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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The ‘banter’ era settled in, with every collapse, every disappointment, every failure amplified in the fever swamps of social media.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Whistling warblers and rat-tat-tatting woodpeckers accompanied the splish-splash of our kayak paddles through the Cache River Wetlands—one of the northernmost bald cypress swamps in the United States.—
Jess Hoffert,
Midwest Living,
15 May 2026
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“Muskegs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muskegs. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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