embanked

Definition of embankednext
past tense of embank

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • In addition to the Obama Center artists, who will be grouped in a section called Embodiment, there are two other main sections at the fair.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Artemis 4 candidate landing sites are grouped around the south pole below Moretus at the extreme edge of the lunar disk, though only a glimpse of the most northerly sites such as Nobel Crater and Malapert Massif can be spotted when lunar libration is favorable.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In 73 career regular-season games with the Sirens and Ottawa Charge, Roese has accumulated 25 points (3 goals, 22 assists).
    Twin Cities, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
  • By measuring how much radiocarbon had accumulated in those proteins, researchers could estimate how long each shark had been alive.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Soldiers massed around Central, crossing rifles to prevent the Black students, who would soon be immortalized as the Little Rock Nine, from entering the grounds.
    Daniel Felsenthal, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Yet their embarrassing 2-1 defeat at Macclesfield, from the sixth tier of football in England, as holders in the FA Cup’s third round in January was not against a team who massed resolutely in their own territory.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Museum workers had assembled it from forty pieces with no instruction manual.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Stranger Things’ original cast was assembled in 2015 when Season 1 was shot.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His videos have amassed millions of views on social media.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But, as has been widely discussed, putting US boots on the ground would carry enormous risks, not least because possible ground operations have been telegraphed by Washington for weeks, while apparently unprepared US forces scattered across the world have been slowly amassed.
    Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Sachs said additional data about Idahoans would likely have to be collected to fulfill the requirements.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The number is based on accounts collected from residents in Jean Denis as well as officials and community leaders.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Her ’60s clumped lashes and coiffed hair, for example, are still highly referenced today.
    Essence, Essence, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Dimorphos, also a rubble pile, likely formed from debris that clumped together after being shed by Didymos.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Some 40 or 50 two and three-week-old calves bunched up and dropped behind the main body of caribou, and the black wolf was soon among them.
    Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The pleats are made from multiple fabric folds and bunched together to create fullness.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Embanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embanked. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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