Recent Examples on the WebFor Meanley, the prince of Southern swamps was the Okefenokee, which contained up to twenty-five feet of peat deposits, and was once a haunt of the ivorybill.—Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 It has not been seen since 1988 and is now presumed to have joined the passenger pigeon and the ivorybill.—Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
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