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Recent Examples of swale
The estate’s vineyard irrigation is spring-fed, and several environmental features were added, including solar power, water-capture swales and fire-suppression systems.
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The fact that most of their plants are drought tolerant and their dry swale retains a moist environment after catching the rain means another way to save and conserve water.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Although many swales and basins remain verdant with Bermuda grass, which is easier to maintain, there’s a growing push to use native vegetation for runoff control.
—Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Zalatoris could barely find his way out, advancing the ball just 59 feet into another swale.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Jeanette Hurt, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The fact that most of their plants are drought tolerant and their dry swale retains a moist environment after catching the rain means another way to save and conserve water.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Although many swales and basins remain verdant with Bermuda grass, which is easier to maintain, there’s a growing push to use native vegetation for runoff control.
—Laura Mallonee, Wired News, 12 Apr. 2025
Zalatoris could barely find his way out, advancing the ball just 59 feet into another swale.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swale
Noun
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Dense forests, bogs, and marshes create a rich habitat for wildlife—from trumpeter swans and bald eagles to deer and bears.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
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The river had shallows, marshes, sandbars, oxbows, eddies, weed flats and drop offs, all of which created nurseries, hiding spots and ambush points for a food chain that included aquatic bugs, frogs, fish, turtles, alligators, deer, otters, panthers and eagles.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
Noun
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The park protects over 2,000 acres of longleaf pine forest, wetlands, and limestone springs, and its trails offer quiet, shaded walks year-round.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Most of his property was within 150 feet of the pond shoreline, the current wetlands boundary, which meant that extensive alterations would require a time-consuming variance application.—
Andrew Rice,
Curbed,
26 June 2025
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Book a kayak tour from Bayfield (or head out on your own) and float into dark coastal caves, among dots of forest, or even inland to the rivers and sloughs.—
Jacqueline Kehoe,
AFAR Media,
21 May 2025
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Hauntingly beautiful ghost orchids cling to pond apple trees growing right out of cypress sloughs.—
Elise Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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The uniquely close relationship between the U.S. and Lithuania was illustrated in a March accident, when four U.S. soldiers were killed after their armored vehicle sank into a bog during a training exercise.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2025
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There’s a place where both of those come together as one; where green fairways mosey up against beautiful cranberry bogs; where farmers do their thing for the good of that crop right next to golfers focusing on working toward their best round.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
5 June 2025
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This road trip is a great way to explore Alabama’s beaches, but take time to find the beauty in its sand dunes and marshlands, too.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
17 June 2025
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The Navy has built sea walls and worked to restore coastal dunes and marshlands to protect its Virginia properties, but the risks continue to increase.—
Paul Bierman,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That was soon followed by airborne training and then Ranger school, a notoriously grueling nine-week program that includes three weeks each at Fort Benning, in the mountains of Georgia, and in the swamps of Florida.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The detention camp will place thousands of immigrants in wire cages in a humidity-intense swamp that is all but inaccessible to hospital ambulances, and where the summertime heat index can soar above 100 degrees.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
31 Dec. 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
Noun
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How to style white jeans for fall 2025 No longer exclusive to summer, white jeans are positioning themselves as a modern and sophisticated alternative to your dark wash denim for fall 2025.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
13 July 2025
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Look for detergents made to brighten white clothes and include a safe bleaching agent, like OxiClean White Revive Laundry Whitener and Laundry Stain Remover. To enhance the color of your white clothes even more, consider adding half a cup of baking soda to your wash cycle alongside your detergent!—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
12 July 2025
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“Swale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swale. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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