riverbed

as in ground

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Recent Examples of riverbed At Tanque Verde Ranch, one of the country’s top dude ranches, riders can meander through desert washes (seasonally dry riverbeds), climb rocky hillsides, and experience the quiet solitude of the open desert. Visit Tucson, AFAR Media, 21 Mar. 2025 In the usual Santa Ana storms, most of that flow streams out of the desert, through mountain passes and into the valleys along predictable pathways, like water coursing down riverbeds. Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 The partial skeletal remains were found on March 22, 1995, in a riverbed off Highway 129 in Santa Cruz County, about 29 miles south of San Jose, said the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025 Manny Trujillo watched the fire spread into a dry riverbed across the street from his home in Castaic. Corina Knoll, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for riverbed
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Noun
  • In 2024, a Florida high school principal sent a video to parents warning them of the trend's dangers, asserting that any student participating in it on school grounds would face suspension, reported Florida Today, part of the USA TODAY Network.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • Nestled in the Norfolk countryside, the house and its expansive grounds are a destination in their own right.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
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  • The explicit mention of male-female relationships as the foundation of families and the injustice of harming the unborn seems to firmly settle the question of whether such topics were open for negotiation during his reign.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
  • Drawing on a unique educational foundation that combines mechanical engineering, business, metaphysics, and computer science, Gopi connects patterns that others might miss through his academic research.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Focus on keeping your feet shoulder-width apart to provide a solid base of support.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
  • The rest of the installment was apparently taken after it was sawed off from its base at the ankles.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2025, in New York City.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 22 May 2025
  • Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America 🎧 Overnight, a key committee met to set the parameters for debating the bill on the floor and is still meeting, NPR's Deidre Walsh tells Up First.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • How to act during strong winds Take shelter: Immediately go inside a sturdy building during a high wind warning or severe thunderstorm warning and move to an interior room or basement.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2025
  • Everyone believed that the water entered through the basement’s window well and the experts recommended raising it by 3 feet.
    Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025

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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbed. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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