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Recent Examples of sandbank
Three men were able to return the shark, which was stuck on a sandbank, to deeper water, saving it from being beached, near the coastal town of Ardrossan in South Australia on Tuesday, April 29, according to ABC News.
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 May 2025
The shallow waters, shifting sandbanks, unpredictable tides and strong currents have historically made navigation difficult and dangerous for mariners.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Across the river, a low mantle of vegetation grew along the shore — a new sandbank, Aires explained, creeping closer each year.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
Try the Castaway Picnic experience on a private sandbank with lunch, snorkeling gear, sunbeds, and umbrellas to while away the afternoon.
—Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
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Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 1 May 2025
The shallow waters, shifting sandbanks, unpredictable tides and strong currents have historically made navigation difficult and dangerous for mariners.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Across the river, a low mantle of vegetation grew along the shore — a new sandbank, Aires explained, creeping closer each year.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
Try the Castaway Picnic experience on a private sandbank with lunch, snorkeling gear, sunbeds, and umbrellas to while away the afternoon.
—Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbank
Noun
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Torch Lake in Michigan stuns with its clear turquoise water, deep glacial roots, and iconic summer sandbar scene.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
21 July 2025
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The river had shallows, marshes, sandbars, oxbows, eddies, weed flats and drop offs, all of which created nurseries, hiding spots and ambush points for a food chain that included aquatic bugs, frogs, fish, turtles, alligators, deer, otters, panthers and eagles.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2025
Noun
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The bank itself has announced plans to build a tokenization platform on zkSync, a fast, cost-efficient Ethereum layer two designed to help asset managers issue and manage tokenized funds, stablecoins, and other real-world assets while meeting regulatory and data protection requirements.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
2 Aug. 2025
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Other congressional Democrats on the 2028 list who can legally transfer their funds to a presidential campaign include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., 35, who had a record-breaking first quarter haul this year and had about $9.8 million in the bank.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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The notion, like the uncouth, wispy-haired towhead himself, was an easy mark for Bennett, who took aim following Greeley’s sermon on the coverage of the New Jersey murder.—
James M. Lundberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2020
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An outdoorsy, blue-eyed towhead, Jim, was living in the house next door, right on the beach.—
Alison Rose,
Town & Country,
16 Dec. 2012
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“Sandbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbank. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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