everglade
Americannoun
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everglades
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Origin of everglade
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The spot on the edge of an everglade.
From The White Squaw by Mayne Reid
Picking a path as they went on Jack and his companions pushed into the deep everglade, the lush undergrowth sometimes quite impeding their progress, and making their advance very slow.
From The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island by Cyril Burleigh
Possibly in the midst of some Florida everglade, making a noise like a piece of meat in order to snare crocodiles.
From Psmith, Journalist by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
I have no idea of how long we were in that vast everglade, but it must have been for weeks.
From Before Adam by Jack London
I have only a short time to be out," objected Cora, "and perhaps some other time I will come to see your everglade.
From The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island by Margaret Penrose
The website features sounds from locations like national parks and the everglades.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022
He gathered fourteen crocodiles and alligators from the everglades and swamps of Florida and Louisiana, the streams of the Amazon, the wilds of Senegal and the muddy marshes of old Nile.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2020
Protecting nature: Sequoias, glaciers, the everglades — officials with the National Park Service are wondering just what will be left of these parks in 100 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2016
At the edge of the everglades, and over two miles from the nearest town, around 200 people live in the small, neat bungalows.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2013
He had served in the everglades of Florida, on the boundless plains west of the Mississippi, and in Mexico, during the brilliantly spectacular war which ended with our "reveling in the Halls of the Montezumas."
From The Struggle for Missouri by John McElroy
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