Example Sentences
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,
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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,
13 Oct. 2025
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Before this tournament, Vacherot had only won once on the ATP Tour, accumulating $594,077 in prize money throughout his entire career.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The friends then began attempting to collect more evidence and information and document the encounters through photography (thanks to a psychology professor lending him a camera) and journal entries.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The research team collected 138 needle samples from 23 spruce trees growing near the Kittilä gold mine in Northern Finland.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Despite being grouped together with the villains who slashed their way through the ’80s (and, to a lesser extent, the ’90s), Freddy has always been unique.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Opponents of gender ideology say grouping the two distinctly different terms together erodes decades of progress made by the gay rights movement.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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All the while, the enchanted garden where Travis would get down on one knee was being assembled outside of his and Swift’s house.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
7 Oct. 2025
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The trailer shows Hemsworth’s Geralt assembling an army of adventurers to track down his former Witcher apprentice Ciri (Freya Allan).—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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Her attorney, Jim Campbell, said Colorado is pointing to studies that lump together the kind of counseling Chiles wants to do with shock therapy and other aversive treatments that have been used in the past.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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At issue is how such products might be structured and regulated — while prediction markets are considered futures products in the US, they’re often lumped in with gambling in other regions.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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CEOs and global leaders will gather for a dynamic, invitation-only event shaping the future of business.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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As naval vessels filled the Delaware River that day, crowds amassed along the shorelines to cheer.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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Belichick amassed 333 wins, including games in the regular season and playoffs, and is 14 victories away from tying Don Shula for the most by an NFL head coach.—
Lauren Merola,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Embank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embank. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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