Example Sentences

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He moves from the peat bogs of 18th-century Ireland to the dot-com bust with equal authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

On the silver screen, it dazzles like few contemporary science fiction films do, opting for color over the pallid gray verisimilitude that often bogs down its peers.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

"Those are the sort of bogs this ends up getting stuck in," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

For many years, geoscientists have lacked a clear explanation for why vast bogs appeared across the Southern Hemisphere after the last Ice Age.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

That night they made camp on the southern edge of the bogs, halfway between the kingsroad and the river.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin