as in bathroom
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste
they're out of paper in the bog again
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
The normal routine is five training sessions a week per age category — two on the court, three on an outdoor pitch that is equal parts bog and beach — and a game at the weekend.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Goldie loved the even more subtle cryptotephra, the sly tephra fallout from many thousands of years ago, doubly elusive when hidden under layers of sediment, as in the bogs, lake beds, or ponds that filled extinct volcanic craters.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
At the Pian del Re peat bog in Piedmont, only 150 cars are allowed to park in the closest parking area to discourage visitors.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
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Croatan spans 160,000 acres and includes pine forests, saltwater estuaries, bogs, and raised swamps.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
The normal routine is five training sessions a week per age category — two on the court, three on an outdoor pitch that is equal parts bog and beach — and a game at the weekend.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Goldie loved the even more subtle cryptotephra, the sly tephra fallout from many thousands of years ago, doubly elusive when hidden under layers of sediment, as in the bogs, lake beds, or ponds that filled extinct volcanic craters.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
At the Pian del Re peat bog in Piedmont, only 150 cars are allowed to park in the closest parking area to discourage visitors.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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