Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embank
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The quickly conglomerating media industry led Henson to consider corporate partnerships to assist with his goal of further expanding the Muppet media universe.—
Jared Bahir Browsh,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026 -
The Korea Times reported that the alliance, made up of private equity firm MBK Partners and conglomerate YoongPoong, said the plan was designed for company Chairman Choi Yun-beom to hold on to management control.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
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In 73 career regular-season games with the Sirens and Ottawa Charge, Roese has accumulated 25 points (3 goals, 22 assists).—
Twin Cities,
Twin Cities,
31 Mar. 2026
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The acidic composition of white vinegar works efficiently to break down the film that can accumulate on your windows.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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Rose had collected art her whole life, cared a lot about her paintings, and was disturbed, obviously, by this fact that wasn’t a fact.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Eighty minutes in, yellow card already in his pocket and a one-game suspension already looming, Wilfried Zaha collected a Pep Biel pass in stride and buried it into the far corner.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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Other types of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) – which is the class of medications in which telmisartan is grouped – did not have the same anti-cancer properties.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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This might look like picking up items out of place, wiping down surfaces, tending to papers, folding blankets, and grouping like items.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
30 Mar. 2026
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Museum workers had assembled it from forty pieces with no instruction manual.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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If Washington waits until the invasion fleet is already assembling for the crossing at full capacity, China begins Phase Four after enjoying every day of unmolested preparation that blockade and coercion bought it.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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The entire logic of the exhibition—with science and art, fresh names and familiar ones, lumped together—is here in miniature.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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When the alt-rock revolution began just a few years later, Journey were lumped together with REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Foreigner as fossils from a bygone corporate rock era, and that seemed unlikely to change.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Broadview, a few dozen gathered to commemorate the ritual outside alongside detainees.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Ali, who wasn’t formally charged, called his family to say that he would be released on bail, and asked them to gather the funds and collect him from prison.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Red Sox have amassed a huge amount of starting pitching depth heading into 2026, but that depth is already being tested less than a week into the season.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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After amassing 105 points, the sixth-best point total in the NHL last year that tied a single-season franchise record, the Kings are seeking to avert a similar fall from grace.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Embank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embank. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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