SANDBANK Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

sandbank

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Definition of sandbank

as in sandbar

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Recent Examples of sandbank The whale turned out to be stranded on a nearby sandbank. — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026 In early April rescuers called off the effort to save the creature, which had repeatedly become stuck on sandbanks and seemed in bad physical shape. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2026 In a breakthrough moment, rescuers dug a channel through the sandbank, allowing the whale to swim free early Friday. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026 The complicated and delicate efforts to rescue the 12-15 meter (39-49 feet) whale off a sandbank at Timmendorfer Strand beach earlier this week captivated Germans — with media sending news alerts of updates on its progress and streaming live video from the scene. — ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sandbank

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See The Hatteras Island Lighthouse The Cape Hatteras Light Station protects one of the most hazardous sections of the Atlantic Coast, a 12-mile-long sandbar called Diamond Shoals created by the collision of Gulf Stream and the Virginia Drift.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
Even the idyllic island on which the nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron) is keeping an amnesiac Odysseus when the film begins is depicted as a windswept sandbar that looks in danger of being washed away by a strong-enough storm.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026

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The call was made by a bank employee after Dyer had already fled the scene, but officers were able to find him quickly, police said.

— Mary Ella Hastings July 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
The bank froze the gold after the UK – along with the US and numerous other countries – refused to recognize Maduro as the winner of Venezuela’s disputed 2018 presidential election.

— German Padinger, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

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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
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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