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
  • The 253-foot steel freighter ran aground on a sandbar during the storm.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Andersen said the piping plovers nest on the beach and sandbar at Milford Point.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • That biopharma companies and banks would handle personal data today in the same way platforms like Meta or Snapchat might have a decade ago.
    Gregory Francis, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The sanctions have hit Russia's energy sector, banks, major businesses, markets and the world's largest diamond mining company.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To accommodate this throng of humanity, a temporary city of impossible proportions springs up on the sandbanks, featuring tented accommodations, roadways, power supplies, and medical facilities.
    Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Since the sixties, Pickford explained, divers had been searching for the wreck off the wrong sandbank.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Towhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towhead. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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