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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 Cascadian-style lodge is situated in a Pacific Northwest playground with hiking, biking, wind-surfing and river cruises in the summer.
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In stark contrast to the generally cold and blustery weather on Skye today, the area would have had a warm and humid subtropical climate during the Middle Jurassic, with a series of lagoons on a huge river estuary, Blakesley said.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
The bobcats would sometimes venture into nearby West Hartford by utilizing riparian zones or brush near rivers or streams and staying hidden.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
Sierra Nevada snow provides cold runoff that feeds rivers and reservoirs and helps support fish habitat all summer.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In stark contrast to the generally cold and blustery weather on Skye today, the area would have had a warm and humid subtropical climate during the Middle Jurassic, with a series of lagoons on a huge river estuary, Blakesley said.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
The bobcats would sometimes venture into nearby West Hartford by utilizing riparian zones or brush near rivers or streams and staying hidden.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
Sierra Nevada snow provides cold runoff that feeds rivers and reservoirs and helps support fish habitat all summer.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for river
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That could be a boon for a body of water frequently called an accident, because its current version was created in 1905 when a canal breach allowed millions of gallons of Colorado River water to spill out for almost two years, filling a desert basin.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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About 4% of the world’s maritime trade and more than 40% of US container traffic traverses canal.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Now, the lawmakers’ asks are in: the proposition needs a funding stream that some characterize as enormous and others say is miniscule to work as advertised.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Some astronomers believe that there might be a sparse stream of meteoroids which Earth might encounter during the final week of April.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The discrepancy comes after earlier rhetoric from President Trump, who threatened that Washington would take over the waterway as a way to secure it from Chinese control.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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Photo: François Halard To wit: The Swedish Chilean artist Anton Alvarez looked to the streams and waterways that are found in bamboo forests and created an abstract bronze fountain, made from an extruded mold.—
Diana Budds,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
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Best Option Restoration is a nationally franchised disaster restoration business that handles wind and storm damage, fire damage, flood/water damage, and contents cleanout to residential and commercial customers.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
25 Mar. 2025
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Brown saw 3 feet of water flood her home in a predominantly Black neighborhood that still shows damage from the storm.—
Jesse Coburn,
ProPublica,
25 Mar. 2025
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The body meld transforms into a mind meld near the end, when each woman shoots streams of shiny water from their eyes, with the separate rivulets crashing into each other to form a floating, fiery disco ball heart.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 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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These pilots possess expert knowledge of the specific port’s geography, tides, currents, weather patterns, traffic, and navigational hazards.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are a few things that we Southerners will never abandon, no matter which way the trending tide flows.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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“River.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/river. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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