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Recent Examples of riverbank
This situation poses risks to infrastructure, including low-lying roads and parking lots near the riverbanks.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Capybaras, as prey animals, instinctively situate themselves in groups along lakes and riverbanks—the water, in which they can be submerged for up to five minutes, serves as a means of escape from land animals, and the land can provide refuge from the nefarious caiman.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Elsewhere, the crew also built an entire log cabin on a riverbank.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
The riverbank across is still open and leafy, a throwback to what the town used to be.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Capybaras, as prey animals, instinctively situate themselves in groups along lakes and riverbanks—the water, in which they can be submerged for up to five minutes, serves as a means of escape from land animals, and the land can provide refuge from the nefarious caiman.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Elsewhere, the crew also built an entire log cabin on a riverbank.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
The riverbank across is still open and leafy, a throwback to what the town used to be.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbank
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Naturally, such a riverside jewel is rarely available, so expect 182 Winding River Road in Wellesley to be hotly pursued.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, officials tried to tamp down the partying, closing many of its riverside bars after dozens of fatal tubing accidents.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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Image The ship’s peeling black hull loomed over the industrial riverfront at Pier 82, opposite fast-food restaurants and an IKEA store across South Christopher Columbus Boulevard, as tugboats nudged the ship about 100 feet across the slip, a process that took hours.—
Isabelle Taft,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Other major infrastructure projects will likely work in the mayor’s favor, most notably a new park covering part of I-95 that will reconnect the Delaware riverfront to the Society Hill and Old City neighborhoods.—
Richardson Dilworth,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2025
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Mass demolitions of largely poor inner-city or waterfront communities are common in Lagos.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some roads and low-lying property including parking lots, parks, lawns, and homes adjacent to the waterfront will experience shallow flooding.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2025
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The scammer claims that the amount will be deposited into your bank account or mailed by check within 1 to 2 business days.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, data from JPMorgan underscores that purported disconnect: The bank’s latest report indicates that small-scale traders have continued to backstop the U.S. equity market — even as AAII’s survey flashes warning signs from this group.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Riverbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbank. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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