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The partial skeletal remains were found on March 22, 1995, in a riverbed off Highway 129 in Santa Cruz County, about 29 miles south of San Jose, said the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Manny Trujillo watched the fire spread into a dry riverbed across the street from his home in Castaic.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Other examples, collected from riverbeds and fossil sites in South Carolina and Maryland, display similar markings, though the exact reasons behind these bites remain a mystery.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
Manny Trujillo watched the fire spread into a dry riverbed across the street from his home in Castaic.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The proposed county ordinance would also create new limits on carrying fire-starting materials, such as lighters, and ban people from removing vegetation in riverbeds or canyons.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Other examples, collected from riverbeds and fossil sites in South Carolina and Maryland, display similar markings, though the exact reasons behind these bites remain a mystery.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbed. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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riverbed
noun
riv·er·bed
-ˌbed 
: the channel occupied or once occupied by a river
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