as in marsh
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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Recent Examples of muskeg
The lakes are two skinny networks of water, one above the other, separated by two kilometres of muskeg.
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Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2022
Some of those roads, homes, and business districts crossed what had once been impassable, swampy muskeg.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
Any Alaskan who has just attempted to cross muskeg on foot will sympathize with the plight of the salvage crews, who had to remove a fighter plane partially buried in knee-deep mud and transport it to the island’s coast for pickup.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
The terrain gives way to a mixture of forest, muskeg and drylands, where the sandy soil rises to the surface.
—NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021
That muskeg excludes the rainforest Sitka spruce and hemlock that dominate most of this plain beneath high mountains.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2021
Much of the undeveloped land in Tongass is rock, ice or muskeg, a type of cold-climate swamp.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2020
After a lightning strike sparked it on June 21, that fire had consumed spruce and muskeg over a swath the size of New York City.
—Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2019
Ruhle lives in an Anchorage neighborhood on Elmore Road and East 66th Avenue where the city butts up against the muskeg and forest of the 730-acre Bureau of Land Management Campbell Tract.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2019
Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2022
Some of those roads, homes, and business districts crossed what had once been impassable, swampy muskeg.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
Any Alaskan who has just attempted to cross muskeg on foot will sympathize with the plight of the salvage crews, who had to remove a fighter plane partially buried in knee-deep mud and transport it to the island’s coast for pickup.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2022
The terrain gives way to a mixture of forest, muskeg and drylands, where the sandy soil rises to the surface.
—NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021
That muskeg excludes the rainforest Sitka spruce and hemlock that dominate most of this plain beneath high mountains.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2021
Much of the undeveloped land in Tongass is rock, ice or muskeg, a type of cold-climate swamp.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2020
After a lightning strike sparked it on June 21, that fire had consumed spruce and muskeg over a swath the size of New York City.
—Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2019
Ruhle lives in an Anchorage neighborhood on Elmore Road and East 66th Avenue where the city butts up against the muskeg and forest of the 730-acre Bureau of Land Management Campbell Tract.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muskeg
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
Noun
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Renderings show the school as a network of low glassy buildings with pitched roofs, surrounded by palms and, concerningly, what looks like a wetland.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
30 Jan. 2025
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An oasis right in the middle of Reed College, the lake is ringed by trails, including boardwalks through wetlands, and has numerous spots overlooking the water, which are perfect for a moment of quiet contemplation.—
Kale Williams,
Axios,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Underneath, a swamp of flavors: pork debris (the meat that falls off the roast and settles at the bottom of the pan; seems to be a Louisiana thing), cheesy grits, caramelized onions, and garlic.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
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One shopper wrote that the boots kept their feet dry and warm during two full days of hiking through snow, swamp, and mud.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2025
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