bog in
Britishverb
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to start energetically on a task
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to start eating; tuck in
Example Sentences
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The latest search for Mr McVeigh's remains had been taking place at Bragan Bog in County Monaghan since August, after a review of previous operations identified a new area to be excavated.
From BBC
But attracting the number of insects required to populate the third largest blanket bog in Northern Ireland could take as long as six years.
From BBC
Vittrup Man is the nickname of a Stone Age skeleton recovered from a peat bog in Northwest Denmark, dating to between 3300-3100 BC.
From Science Daily
When a family cutting peat for fuel unearthed a mysterious body in a Danish bog in 1950, they assumed the well-preserved corpse was a local murderer’s latest victim.
From National Geographic
The presence of wisdom teeth suggest the Tollund Man was at least 20 years old when he died in Denmark’s Bjældskovdal bog in Jutland, but researchers think he was actually between 30 and 40.
From National Geographic
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