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Recent Examples of swale
Although many swales and basins remain verdant with Bermuda grass, which is easier to maintain, there’s a growing push to use native vegetation for runoff control.
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Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Zalatoris could barely find his way out, advancing the ball just 59 feet into another swale.
—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
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Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Zalatoris could barely find his way out, advancing the ball just 59 feet into another swale.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swale
Noun
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Hadi bookmarks this at the end, with a lilting shot of Lamia peering into the marshes.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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Pack light but smart: Bring layers for the mountains, a swimsuit for the coast, and bug spray for the marshes. Eat local: Skip the chains.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2025
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Salton Sea: In the May 25 California section, an article about efforts to create new wetlands at the Salton Sea referred to double-crested cormorants as double-breasted cormorants.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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According to the National Ocean and Atmosphere Administration’s Office for Coastal Management, 32% of the state is occupied by wetlands.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
Noun
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First Aid Beauty's KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub sloughs away roughness and dead skin buildup caused by KP, and smells like strawberries.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
17 May 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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Their vehicle was found submerged in a nearby bog the next day.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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White River Ash material is found in peat bogs in the British Isles.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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First up is an easy, 2.5-mile birding walk on Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., along the Baylands’ sloughs, San Francisquito Creek and the marshlands, a major migratory flyway for birds.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2024
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The film is set among the Mesopotamian marshes of his childhood, where school children glide through marshlands in canoes to get to their classes, at a time when everyday Iraqis across the country were starving due to U.S. sanctions.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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In Louisiana, alligators live mostly along the state’s coastal marshes but also can be found in its canals, bayous, rivers and swamps.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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From swamp to salinity In Western Australia, sediment cores from the beds of Lake Aerodrome, Gastropod Lake and Prado Lake reveal how long-term drying can change the ecology of a region.—
Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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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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Beige embroidery on indigo and acid washes with embroidery nod to the ongoing country and vintage trends.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
28 May 2025
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The ingredients of this cocktail include: overripe berries, green apples, vanilla, a coconut-oil wash, a CO2 injection, an ice column, and no alcohol.—
Adam Erace,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2025
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swale. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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