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Recent Examples of riverbank
The instructor told the trainee to move to the left back toward the riverbank, which would have taken it out of danger.
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Jeff Wise, Vulture, 19 May 2025
In a survey of the L.A. River, Pauly and colleagues found plenty of fence lizards in areas with woody shrubs along the riverbanks, as well as on the channel walls.
—Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Photo : Ed Kingsford Photography; Knight Frank/Savills The gardens comprise expansive lawns that stretch down to the riverbanks.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2025
Lower flow days mean a little more paddling and smaller rapids, but some of the best sightseeing thanks to riverbanks, grass beds, and rock formations exposed by the lower water level.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
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Jeff Wise, Vulture, 19 May 2025
In a survey of the L.A. River, Pauly and colleagues found plenty of fence lizards in areas with woody shrubs along the riverbanks, as well as on the channel walls.
—Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Photo : Ed Kingsford Photography; Knight Frank/Savills The gardens comprise expansive lawns that stretch down to the riverbanks.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2025
Lower flow days mean a little more paddling and smaller rapids, but some of the best sightseeing thanks to riverbanks, grass beds, and rock formations exposed by the lower water level.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbank
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In Maryland, the riverside town of Ellicott City installed sirens in 2019 after a pair of deadly flash floods.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
11 July 2025
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The raging flash floods — among the nation’s worst in decades — slammed into riverside camps and homes before daybreak Friday, pulling sleeping people out of their cabins, tents and trailers and dragging them for miles past floating tree trunks and automobiles.—
Jim Vertuno,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2025
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On Memorial Day weekend 2015, McComb, his wife, Laura, their son Andrew, 6, and daughter Leighton, 4, were vacationing at a riverfront home in Wimberley with another family when the floods hit, pushing the home off its foundation and sending it rushing down the Blanco River.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Aside from the property’s 101 suites and villas overlooking the Chao Phraya River, the hotel's Auriga Wellness spa is a big draw here, and offers treatments inspired by the phases of the moon and traditional Thai healing practices—plus, there are riverfront therapy rooms and outdoor yoga sessions.—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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The long South Stand concourse offers stunning views of Liverpool’s waterfront and city centre skyline.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
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What’s more, plans are also afoot for a future Southampton site at the city’s waterfront Town Quay.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Richard Attias & Associates, named after its founder and chairman, is working with banks including Evercore to prepare for a share sale, Bloomberg reported.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
9 July 2025
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Five campers and one counselor remained missing as of July 8 and could potentially be entangled within the masses of tree branches and debris lining the banks.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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“Riverbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbank. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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