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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
And that ocean must have been fed by rivers, the scientists reason, as those rivers would have dumped sediment into the ocean.
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Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Painting scenes of rivers, wetlands, wildlife and other nature topics offers comfort in times of chaos and climate change challenges, said Green.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The fish thrive in rivers, creeks, ponds, and swamps with slow or still waters and are often found on vegetation, logs, and dead branches.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
In a cave in southern Italy, archaeologists sifted through a muddy riverbed normally submerged by the turquoise waters of an underground river.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
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Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Painting scenes of rivers, wetlands, wildlife and other nature topics offers comfort in times of chaos and climate change challenges, said Green.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
The fish thrive in rivers, creeks, ponds, and swamps with slow or still waters and are often found on vegetation, logs, and dead branches.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
In a cave in southern Italy, archaeologists sifted through a muddy riverbed normally submerged by the turquoise waters of an underground river.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for river
Noun
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That project should add make room for 11 to 13 more daily transits through the canal.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Mar. 2025
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The United States is the canal's largest user, with about 70% of shipping traffic going through the canal either coming to or from the U.S.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Just consider for a moment the reality of building a company from scratch: sleepless nights spent planning and building, endless streams of pitches to rightfully skeptical investors, the elusive quest to find first clients, and navigating a relentless cycle of uncertainty.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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It would be advised to assess your budget and understand where everything is going This could also be a good time to revisit old streams of income, such as reaching out to an old client.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Trump accused Panama of charging the U.S., the canal’s biggest user, excessive rates, and claimed that the Central American country had ceded control of the waterway to China.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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This is the second Taiwan Strait transit carried out by the Japanese navy since September 2024, when destroyer JS Sazanami navigated the waterway with Australian and New Zealand vessels, becoming Japan's first warship to transit the strait since World War II.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Rescinding congestion pricing’s approval now would potentially violate the Administrative Procedure Act and certainly invite a flood of legal challenges.—
Betsy Plum,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2025
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But Storey’s post struck a chord, garnering more than 22 million views and a flood of comments.—
Kristen Mascia,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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But, as Barak argues, people experience heat not as remotely sensed data points but in rivulets of sweat.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
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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The spiral structure of the cloud is believed to have emerged as a consequence of the Galactic tide—the gravitational influence of the surrounding Milky Way galaxy.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has turned the tide in relations, however, as last week saw the first high-level sit-down talks between U.S. and Russian officials in years, looking to lay the groundwork for Ukraine peace talks.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 2025
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“River.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/river. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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