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mires

  • plural
    of mire.
    mire
    noun
    a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
  • present tense form
    of mire (3rd person singular).
    mire
    noun
    a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.

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But there's no small amount of controversy when it comes to marshes, mires, fens, bogs, vernal pools, prairie ponds, pocosins, sloughs, small streams, seasonal streams, and rain-dependent streams.

From Salon ● May 2, 2023

As society mires its way out of the COVID-19 pandemic, health coverage has come into sharp focus for all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2022

In addition, FEO is using satellites to monitor water levels over time in EU-protected boreal wetlands called appa mires.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 17, 2021

But the author then mires the ensuing drama in a prosaic and thoroughly middle-class tale of maternal imperiousness and filial resentment.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2020

There was running water at the bottom: it was in fact the bed of one of the many small rivers that trickled down from the hills to feed the stagnant pools and mires beyond.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien