embanked

past tense of embank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for embanked
Verb
  • In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.
    Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The same pattern shows up in founders rarely grouped together.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • In Gaza City alone, around 25 million tons of debris have accumulated, Mohanna said.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Look for areas where dry, brown grass has accumulated on the lawn and use a rake to remove or de-thatch it.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Thousands of demonstrators massed across South African cities, venting anger at undocumented foreign nationals.
    Reuters, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • Russian sage tolerates dry soils, too, once established and is beautiful massed or used as edging.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Dondi assembled a small but mighty team and established swim lanes.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Luke Gennaro of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry said the exhibit was assembled on short notice after volunteers scrambled to secure donations from businesses across the state.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Volatile, quarrelsome, dogmatic, and sure of his own brilliance, Reinhold outraged patrons, amassed huge debts, and turned his eldest son into an exhausted workhorse.
    Jenny Uglow, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • The Italian jockey, who famously went through the card with seven winners in seven races at Ascot in September 1996, has amassed more than 3,350 victories in his career, mostly in England.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Fees for the strait would be collected in consultation with the international community and through the International Maritime Organization, the official said.
    Abigail Williams, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Shell has consistently been a close second to Chevron for high prices and fat margins, followed by the other large oil company brands, according to data collected and analyzed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA).
    Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The same is true if the entire jar seems overly hardened or clumped into a solid mass.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Like Faberge eggs seeking their level, the country’s heirlooms have clumped up in certain locations.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • The sides are also bunched together in the NWSL table, with Orlando in eighth place and ACFC a point behind in ninth position.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • In the top of the second, the Dodgers bunched four hits, all singles — the first by Hernández, beating out an infield single in his first at-bat since the hamstring injury — to take a 2-0 lead.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
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“Embanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embanked. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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