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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.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Visitors here will find a long sandbank extending into the azure water that feels otherworldly.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
Aligning with the accounts of eyewitnesses, footage released by Al Jazeera shows people climbing over sandbanks toward safety amid the sound of gunfire.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
When the waters are low, the heavy boats, laden with metal and with foodstuffs, run aground on the sandbanks of the river.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
Visitors here will find a long sandbank extending into the azure water that feels otherworldly.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
Aligning with the accounts of eyewitnesses, footage released by Al Jazeera shows people climbing over sandbanks toward safety amid the sound of gunfire.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024
When the waters are low, the heavy boats, laden with metal and with foodstuffs, run aground on the sandbanks of the river.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
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Requiem sharks, which include blacktip, spinner and sandbar sharks, are most commonly involved in attacks in Florida.Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Many who fell ill recently reported wading in the waist-deep water at the sandbar, which can become crowded during summer weekends and holidays.Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
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The storm broke in the early hours, but a low bank of clouds had remained and settled directly over the site.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Musée du Quai Branly is a long ark of a building perched over a garden, whose foliage screens the museum from its busy namesake thoroughfare on the banks of the Seine.Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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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 17 Nov. 2024.
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