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riverbank

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Recent Examples of riverbank Other upgrades include a new boardwalk, limestone steps that lead to the riverbank and the TogetherForever Plaza in memory of artists Joe and Will Lawrance. — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2026 That means a stretch of riverbank can look completely ordinary one season and reveal evidence of prehistoric life after a major weather event or prolonged change in water levels. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 Riding down the riverbank, Anna and Zoe aren’t finding anything that could give them a lead on where the family could be. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Lambsquarters with a side of ground ivy and riverbank grapes were the main course, and sowthistle was dessert. — Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for riverbank

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Highways, riverside communities and low-lying neighborhoods remain underwater, cutting off dozens of households, killing a Hanoi university student and three villagers, and forcing evacuations of at least 150 families.

— Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Mud, water and rock inundated several riverside communities near the border with China, killing more than 1,400 people and leaving thousands more missing.

— Tarun Gopalakrishnan, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of riverside

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The planner in me was as excited to search for the right Airbnbs as to stay in them; there were so many options to browse through, from farmhouses and A-frames to riverfront condos and tree houses.

— Sara Sturek, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
My lab at Carnegie Mellon University is just 2 miles from Hazelwood Green, a 178-acre former industrial site at Pittsburgh’s riverfront along the Monongahela River.

— Catherine Armbruster, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of riverfront

Noun

By the end of the 2020s, Combs will set foot back inside his palatial $48 million Miami waterfront home, warmly welcomed into the arms of those who have remained fiercely loyal to him.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
This week’s Club Sportico essay dives into the economics and broader trends surrounding 865 Neyland, a new waterfront entertainment district being built around the University of Tennessee’s 102,000-seat football stadium in Knoxville.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2026

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