embanked

past tense of embank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embanked
Verb
  • Competitive sections for features, documentaries, and shorts each comprise 16 titles, while retrospectives, restorations, and regional premieres are grouped into three out-of-competition strands of 24 films.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Sixteen years ago, food scientists in Brazil created a new system called Nova, which grouped foods into four ascending health categories based on processing.
    David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Most of that snowfall accumulated on grassy and elevated surfaces.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Including some garbage time stats, the Steelers’ offense accumulated only 221 yards and recorded 11 first downs in 12 drives.
    Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The compact form of 'Lemon-Lime' Nandina is well suited to patio containers and looks fabulous when massed in borders or planted as a low maintenance, natural hedge.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Even as Russia massed an invasion force of 150,000 troops positioned in Russia, Belarus, and Crimea in early 2022, many European leaders refused to believe an invasion was imminent.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It is considered one of the greatest offenses ever assembled, as Durant joined forces with sharpshooters Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.
    Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Key producer Sonia Friedman, working with StudioCanal and Eliza Lumley Productions on behalf of Universal Music UK, has assembled an award-winning team to collaborate with Sheppard, Kane and Pye.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Thiago Magalhaes amassed over 200 yards and three touchdowns for Whitman-Hanson in a 34-13 win over New Bedford.
    Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this week that Russia had amassed some 170,000 troops in the region to bolster the Pokrovsk offensive.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The veteran utility man hadn't collected a hit in a calendar month entering Game 7 of the World Series.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Pearl and Aiden both remained calm and collected as residents pet their heads and backs.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The tree branches are pretty clumped together, versus having lots of individual limbs to bend.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Grant’s eyelashes were noticeably accentuated and clumped together on the top and bottom using mascara only.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It’s finished with stylish epaulets, wide cuffs, a collared neckline, and bunched hem.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • They were bunched by a couple of companies, and the openings were controlled by the companies, especially a company called Knight Trading Group.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Embanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embanked. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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