bank·side
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Definition of bankside
: the slope of a bank especially of a stream
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There’s room for floodwaters to slow down and spread out, instead of sweeping away bankside trees and plants.
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Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, "A secret hidden in centuries-old mud revealed a new way to save polluted rivers," 18 Aug. 2020
Behind those bankside reeds lay hardwood forests, which axmen cleared next.
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Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "How New Orleans was founded in 1718: Indecision, contingency, discord and serendipity," 10 Jan. 2018
Whatever the origins, it's been called Algiers for well over 200 years.
Algiers' bankside position, too, had a fluid vocabulary.
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Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "How Algiers grudgingly became part of New Orleans," 8 Aug. 2017
The Rising Tide by Jason deCaires Taylor (2015) – Jason deCaires Taylor's installation of the Four Horseman has been placed near the bankside of Vauxall Bridge.
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CNN, "Renaissance 'Book of Miracles' shows gruesome visions of the apocalypse," 17 July 2017
In 2012 the management of Shakespeare’s Globe — the splendid replica of the Elizabethan open-air playhouse, built on the bankside of the Thames in London — was considering possible eye-catching new initiatives.
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Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times, "Their Hours Upon the Stage: Performing ‘Hamlet’ Around the World," 21 Apr. 2017
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“Bankside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankside. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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