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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
Police in Scotland are continuing to search for two sisters after they were last seen walking near a river three days ago.
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
The rivers are also the way children travel to get to school.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Its proximity to the river leads to flood issues and calls to responders during the rainy season, but is otherwise quiet, Barnes said.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Rainfall at those higher altitudes eventually drained into the rivers and streams that ultimately destroyed places like Erwin.
—Lauren Sausser and Holly K. Hacker, The Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2024
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Becca Longmire, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
The rivers are also the way children travel to get to school.
—Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Its proximity to the river leads to flood issues and calls to responders during the rainy season, but is otherwise quiet, Barnes said.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 7 Jan. 2025
Rainfall at those higher altitudes eventually drained into the rivers and streams that ultimately destroyed places like Erwin.
—Lauren Sausser and Holly K. Hacker, The Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for river
Recent Examples of Synonyms for river
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In the 1970s, diverse forces on the right came together to fight against ceding control of the canal to Panama, seeing the move as weak and antithetical to American interests.Aaron Coy Moulton / Made by History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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The firefighters fought for hours to extinguish the blaze but were unable to save the home, which is located on a canal on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee, and two cars in the garage, including a red 1955 Ford Thunderbird.KC Baker, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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The confidence-seeker on a budget can make do with access to a nonstop stream of inspirational confidence content on social media for free.Rachel Sugar, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025
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Achieving these micro-goals can provide a steady stream of positive reinforcement, keeping motivation high.Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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To protect ecosystems, the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior require planes to avoid dropping fire retardant within 300 feet of waterways (ground deliveries must also avoid waterways).Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Residents will learn more about helping to protect our waterways by being water wise and understanding Volusia County’s fertilizer ordinance.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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Before the 1924 Summer Games, when host Paris was beset by floods and economic struggles, L.A. civic leaders volunteered their city as a last-minute replacement.David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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The inmates, who are trained to respond to disasters like floods and fires, have been a large part of the state's firefighting force since the 1940s, drawing controversy every step of the way.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 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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Steaming rivulets of milky turquoise water flowed in channels beside the roadway.Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
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The state Insurance Department issued a new regulation last month meant to turn the tide of some of the largest insurance companies’ refusal to take on new customers in California or decisions not to renew policies of current ones.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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People who are emotional during an interaction are bound to realize that the emotion seemed to turn the tide for them.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“River.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/river. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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