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Recent Examples of sandbank
When the waters are low, the heavy boats, laden with metal and with foodstuffs, run aground on the sandbanks of the river.
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Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
To accommodate this throng of humanity, a temporary city of impossible proportions springs up on the sandbanks, featuring tented accommodations, roadways, power supplies, and medical facilities.
—Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
Since the sixties, Pickford explained, divers had been searching for the wreck off the wrong sandbank.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Strewn across the riverbed, some of the ships still have turrets, command bridges, broken masts and twisted hulls, while others lie mostly submerged under sandbanks.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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Eugène-Melchior De Vogüé, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
To accommodate this throng of humanity, a temporary city of impossible proportions springs up on the sandbanks, featuring tented accommodations, roadways, power supplies, and medical facilities.
—Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
Since the sixties, Pickford explained, divers had been searching for the wreck off the wrong sandbank.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Strewn across the riverbed, some of the ships still have turrets, command bridges, broken masts and twisted hulls, while others lie mostly submerged under sandbanks.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbank
Noun
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The sandbar was just around the corner; as an adult, that was a place to anchor a friend’s boat and drink beer while socializing in waist-deep water.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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On the western side of the tombolo, the natural sandbar creates a lagoon-like pool, which is shallow enough for young kids.—
Rachel Ng,
AFAR Media,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Fannie and Freddie play an important role in the housing market by buying mortgages from banks and other lenders.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Fee is $3 per person, per day from banks or a boat.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The notion, like the uncouth, wispy-haired towhead himself, was an easy mark for Bennett, who took aim following Greeley’s sermon on the coverage of the New Jersey murder.—
James M. Lundberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2020
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An outdoorsy, blue-eyed towhead, Jim, was living in the house next door, right on the beach.—
Alison Rose,
Town & Country,
16 Dec. 2012
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“Sandbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbank. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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