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attempting to build on swampland
the ecology of the coastal swamplands
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In 1900, engineers reversed the flow of the Chicago River, and 45 years before that, lawmakers decided to physically elevate the city from the swampland on which it was built.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
The view changes with it—fields of cotton and trees rising out of swampland.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
The soldiers under Brigadier General Francis Marion rode this unflappable horse through swampland to defeat the British army, marking a turn in the war effort.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
The founders of Macondo wade through swampland in One Hundred Years of SolitudeMauro González—Netflix
Solitude traces the rise and fall of a family, a house, a town—and, in its most conspicuous layer of symbolism, a civilization—over the course of, yes, 100 years.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
The view changes with it—fields of cotton and trees rising out of swampland.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
The soldiers under Brigadier General Francis Marion rode this unflappable horse through swampland to defeat the British army, marking a turn in the war effort.
—Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
The founders of Macondo wade through swampland in One Hundred Years of SolitudeMauro González—Netflix
Solitude traces the rise and fall of a family, a house, a town—and, in its most conspicuous layer of symbolism, a civilization—over the course of, yes, 100 years.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Swampland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swampland. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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swampland
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swamp·land
ˈswäm-ˌpland 
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