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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embank
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Media conglomerates Disney and Paramount have also made strategic financial decisions to win more favorable treatment from Trump and his administration.—
Allan Smith,
NBC news,
14 Aug. 2025 -
The vision of the commission is clear in a diagram for the War Department that sought to streamline the bureaucracy, conglomerating the existing 18 divisions into eight.—
Laura Ellyn Smith,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 June 2026
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Yet some of the world’s most significant scientific and medical sites have accumulated ghost stories, conspiracy theories, and paranormal legends of their own.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Among the divisions Kennedy eliminated was one that studied air quality and collected data on chemicals found in human blood.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
21 Aug. 2025
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Policymakers could choose to collect more Social Security taxes.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Over the past year, the once-robust ties between India and the US –– both members of the Quad security grouping –– have deteriorated as political and economic strains have begun to overshadow their strategic partnership.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Organization of the breweries will return to grouping by geographic regions.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Around the same timeframe, construction workers will begin to assemble the inner structure of the arch, including stairs, elevators, roofing, plumbing, and electrical work.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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As described in the Tribune, Springfield ended its spring session scrambling to assemble $1 billion to $2 billion in subsidies for one of the wealthiest families in Illinois to build a football stadium.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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Others lump the vitamin K shot, which is not a vaccine, in with vaccines.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
12 June 2026
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Fans normally lumped in with Brazil or Argentina and lived vicariously for a month.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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After gathering digital evidence, conducting witness interviews and executing search warrants, investigators obtained and served an arrest warrant Tuesday for the Yuba City man, according to a department statement.—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Fans young and old gathered under the KC Live canopy Thursday to watch as Mexico beat South Africa 2-0.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Since then, her videos have gone viral, amassing hundreds of thousands of views from around the world.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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The second-year back far exceeded the production of Gordon, who amassed five attempts for 17 yards and a touchdown.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Embank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embank. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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