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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Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 17 Sep. 2024
At the beginning of that play, her character has spent a decade as a sort of half widow; her husband, who had disappeared ten years earlier, has finally been found, mummified in a peat bog.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
They’re stubbornly entrenched in their Appalachian bog, until an unsettling secret comes to light.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
This mosquito tends to live in hardwood bogs and feeds on birds like robins, herons, and wrens, spreading the virus among them.
—Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
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Cranberries Peak months: September-October Cranberries are typically ready for harvest from their bogs in September and October.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 17 Sep. 2024
At the beginning of that play, her character has spent a decade as a sort of half widow; her husband, who had disappeared ten years earlier, has finally been found, mummified in a peat bog.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
They’re stubbornly entrenched in their Appalachian bog, until an unsettling secret comes to light.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2024
This mosquito tends to live in hardwood bogs and feeds on birds like robins, herons, and wrens, spreading the virus among them.
—Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Bog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bog. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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