as in dune
a raised area of sand with a top that is near or just above the surface of the water in an ocean, lake, or river
We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
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The New England Aquarium has a team of nine scientists in the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life who study sharks — from porbeagle and nurse sharks to thresher, blue, mako, sandbar, and sand tiger sharks.
More than 15 shark species reside in New England waters depending on the time of year.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
Officials said that after the collision, the whale was spotted resting on a sandbar in shallow water.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
Authorities said the men had been fishing and swimming on a sandbar – a natural ridge of sand formed when fast-moving water slows and deposits sediment.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
Officials said that after the collision, the whale was spotted resting on a sandbar in shallow water.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
Authorities said the men had been fishing and swimming on a sandbar – a natural ridge of sand formed when fast-moving water slows and deposits sediment.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Members of the Yurok Tribe waited on the sandbar to greet them, including 90-year-old Lavina Mattz Bowers and other veterans of the struggle to affirm the tribe's fishing rights.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbar
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Lithuania Dividing the Baltic Sea from the Curonian Lagoon, this 60-mile peninsula is a place of shifting dunes, sleepy fishing villages, and forest trails where wild boar sometimes wander.—
Becca Blond,
AFAR Media,
1 Aug. 2025
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Pictures show the wooden ribs of the ship poking out of the dunes, still miraculously well-preserved 230 years later.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 July 2025
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Two people were killed in a rollover crash Sunday after being ejected from their vehicle that hit an embankment south of Placerville, according to the California Highway Patrol.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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At least one person was seriously injured when a vehicle left Interstate 91 in Windsor late Tuesday and went down an embankment.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
16 July 2025
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Winds will be typical late afternoon and evening breezes from the southwest, with strong gusts on ridges and on desert facing slopes.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The 360-acre preserve adjacent to the LEC and Deltona Regional Library is home to a variety of wildlife, including Florida scrub jays and gopher tortoises, which are drawn to the low vegetation and sandy ridges of the scrub habitat.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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For fintechs that need bank data, the complications are significant.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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He is accused of abducting a mother and two of her children, assaulting the mother and robbing a bank in east Louisville Aug. 8.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
14 Aug. 2025
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Huangyan Island is the name China uses to refer to the shoal, which has been the subject of a maritime dispute between China and the Philippines.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
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The 805 measures 83 feet in length with a beam just over 21 feet and a draft of between 11.2 feet on the standard keel and 8.7 feet on the shoal keel.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandbar. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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