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attempting to build on swampland
the ecology of the coastal swamplands
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The founders of Macondo wade through swampland in One Hundred Years of SolitudeMauro González—Netflix
Solitude traces the rise and fall of a family, a house, a town—and, in its most conspicuous layer of symbolism, a civilization—over the course of, yes, 100 years.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
The town's natural swamplands appear to have been subsumed by the storm's torrential rain, covering much of the terrain in shallow, standing water.
—NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
In South Carolina’s Lowcountry, a home in Bluffton has become an alligator’s paradise as floodwaters have turned Adrienne LeBlanc’s yard into an inviting swampland.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
So that’s where our stories converge, in the swamplands of the Deep South along the Mississippi river where cotton was king and racial violence was common.
—Keyaira Kelly, refinery29.com, 19 June 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
The town's natural swamplands appear to have been subsumed by the storm's torrential rain, covering much of the terrain in shallow, standing water.
—NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
In South Carolina’s Lowcountry, a home in Bluffton has become an alligator’s paradise as floodwaters have turned Adrienne LeBlanc’s yard into an inviting swampland.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
So that’s where our stories converge, in the swamplands of the Deep South along the Mississippi river where cotton was king and racial violence was common.
—Keyaira Kelly, refinery29.com, 19 June 2024
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“Swampland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swampland. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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swampland
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swamp·land
ˈswäm-ˌpland 
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