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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbanks
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Departing from King Street Station, the train glides past industrial waterfronts and railyards, offering snapshots of the Puget Sound.—
Abby Price,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026 -
So the commission introduced a referendum to ban board-and-care homes on the waterfronts, on main tourism streets, or within 2,000 yards of another ACLF.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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With ceasefire in hand, the first quarter earnings season that kicks off next week, led by the nation’s largest banks, could be the catalyst to get stocks back on track to end the year higher.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Find striking 50-foot red cliffs that ascend from the banks of Split Rock Creek.—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Balseros stop being welcome After the 1994 exodus, rafters continued to reach Florida’s shores, though in smaller numbers.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Riverbanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbanks. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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