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Recent Examples of riverbed
One landed on the freeway, the other fell 70 feet to the riverbed below.
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
About 30 minutes after his escape, Castillo was found in a dry riverbed and taken into custody, according to Hoy.
—Timia Cobb, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
After a roughly 30‑minute search, deputies found him in a dry riverbed and took him back into custody.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
The dams are constructed of pilings driven into the riverbed with rock piled on either side.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
About 30 minutes after his escape, Castillo was found in a dry riverbed and taken into custody, according to Hoy.
—Timia Cobb, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
After a roughly 30‑minute search, deputies found him in a dry riverbed and took him back into custody.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
The dams are constructed of pilings driven into the riverbed with rock piled on either side.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbed
Noun
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The town is now actively monitoring water use, using smart meters in some cases and on-the-ground enforcement in others.—
Jamie Leary,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The idea of deploying troops to the region as part of a large-scale ground war effort is deeply unpopular among Americans, new polling shows.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, pushed homes off their foundations, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on Friday as officials warned of the possible failure of a 120-year-old dam.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, pushed homes off their foundations, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders Friday for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu as officials warned of the possible failure of a a 120-year-old dam.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The bank’s base case assumes flows through the Strait of Hormuz to normalize in April over a four-week period.—
Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Plans are in place to relocate the statue to land belonging to the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, and during work last year to remove the remaining pedestal base, a crane crew was surprised to discover a tin box in a hole beneath it.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The robots can move across factory floors, transport materials, and interact with equipment and production lines without requiring major infrastructure changes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Defense lawyers noted Monday, for example, that two 9-mm spent shell casings seen in a photograph under the arm of Moïse’s bullet-riddled body on the floor next to his bed could have been fired from pistols on which the FBI failed to conduct ballistics testing.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Hadi sometimes emerged to buy provisions or to visit his friends, who occasionally dared to gather in kitchens, on rooftops, or in basement shelters.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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The informant also alleged the rapper kept women locked in his basement, however, no one was found inside the residence and the rapper was never charged.—
Angeline Jane Bernabe,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbed. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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