peat bog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of peat bog
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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He grew up a farmer, and when he founded a golf course here 30 years ago, his favorite part was moving dirt around what had once been a peat bog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
The vehicle – a M88A2 Hercules – and the bodies of the other three soldiers were found in a peat bog on Monday.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025
Somewhere, the aforementioned Spanish director behind “The Exterminating Angel” is nodding wryly at the idea of a satire about G-7 leaders set in a peat bog thick with mummified zombies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024
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
For seven miles the road must be built over a peat bog into which a stone would sink to unknown depths.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns
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