towhead

as in sandbar

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Recent Examples of towhead 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 An outdoorsy, blue-eyed towhead, Jim, was living in the house next door, right on the beach. Alison Rose, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2012 The towhead flashes his dad a cheeky smile, grabs a puppy by his neck roll, and runs off down a hill with his seven-year-old brother, Federico, to find some chickens. J.j. Martin, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2007
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Noun
  • Foster moved across a pond of brackish water that reaches from the bottom of his lawn to a sandbar two miles away, beyond which the ocean can be heard but not seen.
    Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • In the summer, the Buttes-Chaumont Park is as popular a picnic destination as Paris Plages along the banks of the Seine.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Moscow's forces still occupy the far bank of the Dnipro River just a few miles away.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Across the river, a low mantle of vegetation grew along the shore — a new sandbank, Aires explained, creeping closer each year.
    Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Try the Castaway Picnic experience on a private sandbank with lunch, snorkeling gear, sunbeds, and umbrellas to while away the afternoon.
    Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025

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“Towhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towhead. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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