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Recent Examples of sandbank
Strewn across the riverbed, some of the ships still have turrets, command bridges, broken masts and twisted hulls, while others lie mostly submerged under sandbanks.
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Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
The level of Poland’s longest river, the Vistula, has fallen to a record low, leaving sandbanks exposed in Warsaw and water so shallow a moose was filmed walking across it in a section in the countryside.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
But slowly, its reputation for crystal-clear water and sugary soft sandbanks leaked and travelers are starting to catch on to this coastal secret just north of Merida.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
In 2007, a pair of brothers (printers based in Norfolk) discovered the wreck of the Gloucester, which ran aground on a sandbank off the coast of Norfolk in 1682 and sank within the hour.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
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Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
The level of Poland’s longest river, the Vistula, has fallen to a record low, leaving sandbanks exposed in Warsaw and water so shallow a moose was filmed walking across it in a section in the countryside.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
But slowly, its reputation for crystal-clear water and sugary soft sandbanks leaked and travelers are starting to catch on to this coastal secret just north of Merida.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2024
In 2007, a pair of brothers (printers based in Norfolk) discovered the wreck of the Gloucester, which ran aground on a sandbank off the coast of Norfolk in 1682 and sank within the hour.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbank
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But low spots in the ocean floor, near surf or breaks in sandbars, disrupt that uniform return of water.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
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The United States Life Saving Association says rip currents typically form at breaks in sandbars and near structures such as jetties and piers, and account for more than 80% of rescues performed by surf beach lifeguards.Mallika Kallingal, CNN, 21 June 2024
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All my critical paperwork and records are stored online or in a safe deposit box at my bank.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Though her bank account is much larger than mine, our bone-deep feelings are the same.Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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The notion, like the uncouth, wispy-haired towhead himself, was an easy mark for Bennett, who took aim following Greeley’s sermon on the coverage of the New Jersey murder.James M. Lundberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020
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An outdoorsy, blue-eyed towhead, Jim, was living in the house next door, right on the beach.Alison Rose, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2012
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“Sandbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbank. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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