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Recent Examples of swale
The watery enclave is a wildlife magnet at the edge of a sunny green swale.
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Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
The motorcycle ended up in the right shoulder, while the Hyundai ended up in a swale separating the HOV lane from the travel lanes.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
The Murano then crashed into an empty car parked on a swale and the Corolla side-swiped another unoccupied vehicle before crashing into a wooden fence.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Advertisement The swales are edged with meandering paths of smaller, 3/8-inch angular gravel, and mostly hidden by the plants.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
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Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2024
The motorcycle ended up in the right shoulder, while the Hyundai ended up in a swale separating the HOV lane from the travel lanes.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2024
The Murano then crashed into an empty car parked on a swale and the Corolla side-swiped another unoccupied vehicle before crashing into a wooden fence.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Advertisement The swales are edged with meandering paths of smaller, 3/8-inch angular gravel, and mostly hidden by the plants.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swale
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They can be seen roaming the marshes in search of food before beginning their journey, typically between early March and mid-May, to Asia.David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
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Little is known about Dufrene other than that the 39-year-old is a captain for Arthur’s Air Boat Tours, giving wildlife tours on the swamps and marshes just outside of New Orleans.Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
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In Caddo Lake, a brain-melting sci-fi film starring Dylan O’Brien that hit Max last month, the wetlands symbolize all of the above and then some as multiple characters try to get to the root of some seriously-hard-to-explain events.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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By 1958, part of the stream in Elm Grove was developed over, and routed into a concrete culvert, which no longer absorbed the water as the wetland did.Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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First up is a easy, 2.5-mile birding walk on Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., along the Baylands’ sloughs, San Francisquito Creek and the marshlands, a major migratory flyway for birds.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Open savannahs with waving switch grasses and numerous sloughs are ideal habitats for deer.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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Native Americans also harvested cranberries from wild bogs near the ponds, gatherings that continue to take place today among the Wampanoag of Aquinnah who live on the island.Mary Forgione, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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But when the bog fails—or refuses—to honor the bargain, the Haddesleys, a group of discordant siblings still grieving the mother who mysteriously disappeared years earlier, face an unknown future.Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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But for now, hikers can relax among its expansive marshlands or kayak on the Napa River.Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
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Maher’s cover, which debuted last month, featured her standing almost defiantly on a dock on Fire Island Beach in Bellport, New York, with blue water and green-yellow marshland behind her.Frankie de la Cretaz, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
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His latest monologue, in contrast, is submerged in the swamp of vintage misogyny.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Fight Club’s insights about the consequences of men rallying around resentment remain apt today, a period in which Donald Trump’s grievance politics and the growing swamp of the manosphere are shaping American masculinity.Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
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They can be found on all continents and are classified into bogs, fens and swamps.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
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How To Use Kojic Acid Kojic acid is mainly found in creams, serums, lotions, soaps, eye creams, sunscreens, and face washes at 0.4-4% concentrations.Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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The luxury skincare brand offers moisturizers, serums, sunscreen and face wash.Emma Sandler, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swale. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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