bog in
Britishverb
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to start energetically on a task
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to start eating; tuck in
Example Sentences
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But attracting the number of insects required to populate the third largest blanket bog in Northern Ireland could take as long as six years.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
Vittrup Man is the nickname of a Stone Age skeleton recovered from a peat bog in Northwest Denmark, dating to between 3300-3100 BC.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024
The presence of wisdom teeth suggest the Tollund Man was at least 20 years old when he died in Denmark’s Bjældskovdal bog in Jutland, but researchers think he was actually between 30 and 40.
From National Geographic • Feb. 6, 2024
They flew from Newfoundland in a twin engine, open-cockpit biplane and landed in a bog in Ireland.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2020
Against this majestic picture, in the foreground, stood tall pines, rising like sentinels from the bog in which for years they had found their growth.
From Habits, Haunts and Anecdotes of the Moose and Illustrations from Life by Jones, Burt
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