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Recent Examples of riverbed
Next to them, close to the house is another dry riverbed with a burbling fountain at the head and a miniature bridge still large enough to walk over toward the bottom.
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Government officials have redirected the river’s water from Isfahan to Yazd and other neighboring provinces for agricultural and industrial use, leaving the riverbed surrounding Si-o-Se Pol dry for most of the year, apart from periods when dams are opened to irrigate wheat fields east of Isfahan.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Gateway officials said preliminary work on the riverbed portion of the tunnel is expected to start within months.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
For the Kukama people, the riverbed is home to their ancestors—and in the face of oil spills, hydrodams, and dredging, Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari has fought tirelessly to protect this waterway.
—Kyla Mandel, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
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Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Government officials have redirected the river’s water from Isfahan to Yazd and other neighboring provinces for agricultural and industrial use, leaving the riverbed surrounding Si-o-Se Pol dry for most of the year, apart from periods when dams are opened to irrigate wheat fields east of Isfahan.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Gateway officials said preliminary work on the riverbed portion of the tunnel is expected to start within months.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
For the Kukama people, the riverbed is home to their ancestors—and in the face of oil spills, hydrodams, and dredging, Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari has fought tirelessly to protect this waterway.
—Kyla Mandel, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbed
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In state elections this month an alliance led by above-ground communist parties was voted out in the southern state of Kerala, the first time in decades that Marxist political parties are not in power in any of India’s states or territories.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The project, which broke ground about a year ago, was funded through a combination of state matching funds and remaining city of Mission Viejo redevelopment funds.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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Domestic capabilities are the foundation American ingenuity was a genesis for AI, from the invention of the transistor to the development of the transformer, which enables large language models.—
Olivia White,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Freedom 250 has its own employees, but the foundation provides federal funds and the park service approves the events and reviews their budgets, according to the website.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The company’s shares are down 16% year to date as investors worry its businesses are being eaten up by competitors and that Copilot’s user base leaves a lot to be desired.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Under its Artemis campaign, NASA plans to use a series of both uncrewed and human moon landings to construct a $20 billion moon base near the lunar south pole, where astronauts can live and work indefinitely.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The style here is very much inspired by British colonial architecture, with lots of dark mahogany woods, marble floors, four-poster beds, and shuttered windows.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Two more upstairs bedrooms, each with a walk-in closet, share a bathroom featuring geometric concrete tile floors and a marble shower and tub.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
26 May 2026
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The next generation has to clear their stuff out of storage in the basement!—
Terry Savage,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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What used to be a wide-open concrete box is divvied up into the below-grade space of our dreams—a basement with cozy rooms, a smart design, and a full-on apartment vibe.—
Jody Garlock,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2026
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbed. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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