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During heavy rainstorms, the ground cannot soak up excess water along the riverbanks.
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Pacheco told me that, for generations, Shoshone people passed down stories about some parents being forced to let their babies float down the river that day so that their crying would not alert the soldiers to where a group was hiding along the riverbank.
—Joseph Lee, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
Hunting online, in fields and in riverbanks GPS says the trip from Rockford to Jonesborough should take 11 hours, 8 minutes, straight-through.
—Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Moving Mehring Way almost on top of the riverbank would create 20 additional acres of green space for either a park or some future use to be determined.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
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Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
Pacheco told me that, for generations, Shoshone people passed down stories about some parents being forced to let their babies float down the river that day so that their crying would not alert the soldiers to where a group was hiding along the riverbank.
—Joseph Lee, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
Hunting online, in fields and in riverbanks GPS says the trip from Rockford to Jonesborough should take 11 hours, 8 minutes, straight-through.
—Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Moving Mehring Way almost on top of the riverbank would create 20 additional acres of green space for either a park or some future use to be determined.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Riverbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbank. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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riverbank
noun
riv·er·bank
ˈriv-ər-ˌbaŋk 
: the bank of a river
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