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as in canal
a passageway for water
A fallen tree branch was floating down the river.
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as in stream
an overwhelming flow or rush of something
Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe. He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.
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Recent Examples of river
The crash resulted in an explosion, and the plane plummeted into the river below.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Officials have been at the debris site in the river since shortly after the collision between a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner operating under PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
The fuselage was found upside down in three sections in the river, which is about 8 feet deep in some areas.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
The crunch of Casper’s tires on the road; my low-key vigilance about him veering into the frigid river below.
—Chris Colin, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Officials have been at the debris site in the river since shortly after the collision between a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner operating under PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
The fuselage was found upside down in three sections in the river, which is about 8 feet deep in some areas.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
The crunch of Casper’s tires on the road; my low-key vigilance about him veering into the frigid river below.
—Chris Colin, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for river
Recent Examples of Synonyms for river
Noun
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President Trump has pushed to regain control of the canal — one of the world's most significant pieces of infrastructure.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Two lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country's supreme court, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, in an attempt to cancel the company's concession to operate the two ports, which are located at both ends of the canal.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Kansas City officials recommend that residents keep a thin stream of water flowing from their faucets during freezing temperatures.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Feb. 2025
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Judy Myers said the damage to the couple’s house came from a combination of moving soil and underground streams of water.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Feb. 2025
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Panama took over control of the waterway on Dec. 31, 1999.—
Sareen Habeshian,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Pesticide called 'new DDT' has been found in CT waterways.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2025
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For example, the agency would ensure water and sewer systems could handle bigger floods, or would plan to inoculate against diseases that might spread faster in warm weather.—
Jake Bittle,
WIRED,
8 Feb. 2025
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Every minute, two garbage trucks' worth of plastic flood [enter] into the oceans.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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But, as Barak argues, people experience heat not as remotely sensed data points but in rivulets of sweat.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Surreal images from the novel that could easily have looked silly on screen—a rivulet of blood winds its way across town, from the home where a character dies to his family’s abode, for example—retain their poetic profundity.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
2 Dec. 2024
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The ceremony also turned the tide for Conclave, a co-production made with funding from both the United States and the United Kingdom, with Best Film, Outstanding British Film, and Best Adapted Screenplay awards.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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But polls indicate the tide could be turning on the Democrats in the Golden State.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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“River.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/river. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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