sandbar
noun
sand·bar
ˈsan(d)-ˌbär 
: a ridge of sand built up by currents especially in a river or in coastal waters
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We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
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River shorelines and sandbars pose unseen dangers.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Sand tiger and sandbar sharks spent little time near the surface, staying closer to the bottom.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
On May 26, 15 people were aboard a 39-foot Sea Ray that burst into flames in the Intracoastal Waterway near the large sandbar by the New River.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Sand tiger and sandbar sharks spent little time near the surface, staying closer to the bottom.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
On May 26, 15 people were aboard a 39-foot Sea Ray that burst into flames in the Intracoastal Waterway near the large sandbar by the New River.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbar. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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sandbar
noun
sand·bar
-ˌbär
: a ridge of sand formed in water by tides or currents
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