riverbed

as in ground

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Recent Examples of riverbed In the floods in Texas, all that water piled up in the Guadalupe’s riverbed because the river had very low water levels prior to the event. Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 7 July 2025 To ford the region's many rivers, creeks and bayous, travelers needed riverbeds with hard surfaces. Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 But in March 1995, skeletal remains were found in a riverbed in Santa Cruz County in Northern California. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025 Behind him were his wife, mother-in-law and other relatives, gingerly making their way into the riverbed. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for riverbed
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Noun
  • Damaging wind and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2025
  • Personnel requested ground and air ambulances, and began performing life-saving measures.
    Theresa Clift July 12, Sacbee.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Rogge wasn’t admitted and did a foundation year in Antwerp. 2005 - 2008 Enrolls in the bachelor’s program at the Royal Academy.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • At this year’s climate meeting in Bonn, global leaders laid the foundation for this shift.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Executives wanted enough Star Trek series in simultaneous production that there would be new episodes year-round, out of the belief that Trekkies would be a reliable subscriber base that would help support various non-Trek series.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
  • This mechanical demand helps establish a more stable base of institutional investors.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The restaurant was cited for live roaches and flies in the establishment, food debris on the floor and ceiling, and unclean floors, walls and ceilings.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 July 2025
  • There will also be retail and restaurant space open to both the public and Osborn residents on the ground floor of the building.
    Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • What complicated matters, according to these notes, was that Falcon hid in the attic instead of the basement, where he'd been told to hide.
    EW.com, EW.com, 15 July 2025
  • The floor smelled ripe, the smell of classrooms and basements, which came back to him with another pulse of childhood excitement.
    Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025

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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbed. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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