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Recent Examples of swale
The Bethany Beach firefly, for instance, lives only in swales — low-lying freshwater marsh areas near coastal dunes, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Bethany Beach fireflies live in low-lying, freshwater marsh areas near coastal dunes, called swales, that provide them with shelter and food.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Save Our Swale program: The Public Works Department offers a program to rehabilitate swales fronting residential properties to enhance stormwater drainage.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024
The watery enclave is a wildlife magnet at the edge of a sunny green swale.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
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Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Bethany Beach fireflies live in low-lying, freshwater marsh areas near coastal dunes, called swales, that provide them with shelter and food.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Save Our Swale program: The Public Works Department offers a program to rehabilitate swales fronting residential properties to enhance stormwater drainage.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024
The watery enclave is a wildlife magnet at the edge of a sunny green swale.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swale
Noun
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Moreover, after the fire died, researchers at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories found high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in the nearby mudflats and marshes.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Generally, the rich networks of plant life on Earth — from California’s coastal scrublands and marshes to the Amazon rainforest to the Sahara Desert — sequester carbon away from the atmosphere in their limbs, trunks and leaves.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Stay Here: Laguna Coast Resort sits on 480 acres of wetlands and a lagoon, set in front of mountains and a cedar forest.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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The developments are currently stuck in limbo waiting for a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers, which recently regained authority to issue wetland permits needed to build on the land in the area.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The sad end of the MS Aurora is a familiar story in the Delta’s marshy sloughs.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Nov. 2024
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The three-pronged approach removes makeup, sloughs off dead skin cells, and reduces the appearance of enlarged pores in a single step.—
Karina Hoshikawa,
refinery29.com,
23 Aug. 2024
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Six generations of his family have farmed 135 acres of cranberry bogs in South Jersey.—
Elaine Quijano,
CBS News,
27 Nov. 2024
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And the theme of regret almost leads to these bog bodies being exhumed.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2024
Noun
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There’s nature education teaching about the maritime forests and marshlands and farm to table dining from the hotel’s garden.—
Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2024
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There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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When draining the swamp, bring a map and flashlight.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
1 Feb. 2025
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In a Napolitan News Service survey shared with Secrets, voters signaled support for the president’s moves to halt foreign aid, secure the border, and drain the swamp.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
31 Dec. 2024
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Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.—
Ferris Jabr,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2024
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That said, Korab notes that some people with especially oily or greasy hair may opt to condition every other wash.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
28 Jan. 2025
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Poultry waste washes into North Carolina streams and rivers, scientists say.—
Gavin Off,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swale. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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