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Alligators can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, marshes, swamps and ponds across North Carolina, but most are located in patches along the coast.
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Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
Even though swamp land near the equator was rapidly drying up during the Permian Period, swamps and lakes possibly remained in patches alongside ice and glaciers closer to the poles.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
One of them pointed to a Barbie with vitiligo, a condition that causes loss of pigmentation in patches on the skin.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Trying to sleep, in patches, the wife crossed a rushing stream on stepping stones that were unsteady beneath her feet; below them, in the water, swarms of small dark sluglike creatures waited for her bare feet to slip.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
Even though swamp land near the equator was rapidly drying up during the Permian Period, swamps and lakes possibly remained in patches alongside ice and glaciers closer to the poles.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
One of them pointed to a Barbie with vitiligo, a condition that causes loss of pigmentation in patches on the skin.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Trying to sleep, in patches, the wife crossed a rushing stream on stepping stones that were unsteady beneath her feet; below them, in the water, swarms of small dark sluglike creatures waited for her bare feet to slip.
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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“In patches.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20patches. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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