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Recent Examples of swale
Zalatoris could barely find his way out, advancing the ball just 59 feet into another swale.
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Brody Miller, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
The lip of the canyon gave way to a gently dropping swale of lush grass, aspens, and large oak trees.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Climate models predict between 76 to 95 percent of swales could be lost to flooding by 2100, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and storm surges from intensifying weather could also put the firefly’s habitat underwater.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
The trooper then positioned the cruiser behind the pickup truck and allegedly saw the driver move across the left lane and straddle the swale separating the HOV lane once again, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Nov. 2024
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Brody Miller, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
The lip of the canyon gave way to a gently dropping swale of lush grass, aspens, and large oak trees.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
Climate models predict between 76 to 95 percent of swales could be lost to flooding by 2100, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and storm surges from intensifying weather could also put the firefly’s habitat underwater.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
The trooper then positioned the cruiser behind the pickup truck and allegedly saw the driver move across the left lane and straddle the swale separating the HOV lane once again, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swale
Noun
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Florida's natural landscape includes bird-friendly sawgrass marshes, cypress forests, and seashore. Texas also has a diverse landscape, including the World Birding Center, a collection of nine parks and preserves in the Rio Grande Valley.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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Deinosuchus could then have spread across the continent to inhabit coastal marshes on both sides of the ancient inland sea, and along North America’s Atlantic coast.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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But the success of the axolotls in La Cantera Oriente suggests the species could also thrive in artificial wetlands.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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In the artificial wetland La Cantera Oriente, movement peaked at a cooler 59.9 °F (15.5 to 16.5 °C).—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
30 Apr. 2025
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But millions of others wade deep into pristine sloughs and isolated cypress stands and come face-to-face with all sorts of amazing wildlife, maybe picking up cottonmouths or even swimming with alligators.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
11 Jan. 2025
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In case this is done, that street that is now laid out through the slough will have to be vacated by the process of law.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Their three bodies were recovered Monday after U.S., Polish and Lithuanian armed forces and other rescuers dug their M88 Hercules vehicle out of a peat bog at the expansive Gen. Silvestras Zukauskas training ground in the town of Pabrade, six miles west of the border with Belarus.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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Earlier in the day, Lithuanian officials said investigators had pulled from a peat bog the U.S. armored vehicle in which the soldiers were traveling, and that a probe into their cause of death had been opened.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Photos posted to Instagram show what appeared to be a picturesque ceremony held beneath a sailcloth tent overlooking marshland on the Coosaw Point property.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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Rebuilding is cost-prohibitive, but in Philadelphia, there's a natural solution: protecting what's left of the city's marshland.—
Laura Geller,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2025
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My Dien is a hurried cluster that has grown up ad hoc, with buildings of varying sizes rising like reeds from a fertile swamp.—
Damien Cave,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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To fight an elusive enemy operating clandestinely at night and from hideouts deep in swamps and jungles, the U.S. military turned to environmental modification technologies.—
Pamela McElwee,
The Conversation,
28 Apr. 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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The pattern is printed on 100% brushed cotton that only gets softer after each wash.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 May 2025
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Liquid or stick blushes are exceptionally versatile, as cheek color, a soft wash of shadow, and even a subtle lip tint.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
15 May 2025
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swale. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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