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
But the wacky challenge, which involves racing through 120 yards of peat bog trench, saw nearly 200 people take part at the annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 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
It is called the "Great Dismal," and has somewhat the appearance of an inundated river-plain covered with aquatic trees and shrubs, the soil being as black as that of a peat bog.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
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