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Recent Examples of riverbed
Mosquito netting forms the front wall of each expedition-style tent, framing views of the dry riverbed and distant ridgeline.
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Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of cottonwood trees stand along the riverbed at the Laguna Grande restoration site.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Getting to his wetland requires jumping railroad tracks and scaling down the steep side of the channel to the riverbed.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
But the adjacent plot straddling the riverbed has been taken over by galamsey workers after her brother leased his land to an Asian businessman.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
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Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of cottonwood trees stand along the riverbed at the Laguna Grande restoration site.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Getting to his wetland requires jumping railroad tracks and scaling down the steep side of the channel to the riverbed.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
But the adjacent plot straddling the riverbed has been taken over by galamsey workers after her brother leased his land to an Asian businessman.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverbed
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The broader package includes Boeing P8I Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft for its navy, anti-tank mines for its ground forces, and upgrades to its Soviet-era T-72 tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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These organisms survived the rise and fall of ice sheets, the extinction of megafauna and the entire arc of human history — all while sitting in frozen silence beneath the Alaskan ground.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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His hands-on experience, combined with his academic background (PhD and DBA), has formed the foundation of his particular coaching style.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Since 2020, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has invested $41 million into the ThriveOn King building, grants to neighborhood nonprofits and small business loans to entrepreneurs located in the corridor, according to Jeremy Podolski, a spokesperson for the foundation.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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In Japan, tourists flocking to a small town at the base of Mount Fuji to re-create a viral photo caused so many issues that the local government temporarily resorted to erecting a black fabric barrier to block the famous view.—
Trista Kurniawan,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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This design opts for an ultra glossy black base with negative space hearts outlined with silver glitter.—
Paola Zamarripa,
Glamour,
10 Feb. 2026
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After House Democrats revealed plans to force votes disapproving of the president’s Canada tariffs as soon as this week, GOP leaders sought to resuscitate their year-long procedural blockade that keeps those resolutions off the floor.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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This Z-axis actuator runs through the center of the body, allowing the arms to raise and lower to interact with laundry placed either on the floor or on a tabletop.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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During the encounter, Carroll was stabbed and shot by Banis, whose body was then wrapped in a large plastic storage container, sealed with foam and lime, and buried under the basement floor of the home.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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Brewer worked security and lived in a basement apartment in the Belmont section of the Bronx with his adult son and a female companion, neighbors said.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverbed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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