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Once in Mars orbit, the sample container would be collected by a European Space Agency spacecraft and returned to Earth for detailed laboratory analysis to determine if any signs of past microbial activity might be present in ancient riverbed deposits.
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William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
Authorities are cognizant that the bodies of four of six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time of the collapse are possibly buried in rubble on the riverbed.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Its passage last summer corresponded with a drop in homelessness downtown, more people asking for shelter and an increase in riverbed encampments.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
As its inhabitants fled, their buildings burned and sunk into a riverbed, which would preserve their homes and belongings for millennia.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The site, about 75 miles northwest of London, drew the ‘British Pompeii’ moniker because, after a fire about a year after the village was built, the platforms holding it sunk into the riverbed.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
And those alternatives could be to build an island around the pier or a rock wall, or put dolphins – standalone structures set in the riverbed – adjacent to it, or put on fenders that absorb the energy so the ship doesn't come in so fast.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
Surveillance cameras at the school captured the suspects walking toward a nearby riverbed, authorities said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
Stories and interpretations Carolina Munoz recalls hearing the story of a woman weeping by a riverbed.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2024
Authorities are cognizant that the bodies of four of six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time of the collapse are possibly buried in rubble on the riverbed.
—Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Its passage last summer corresponded with a drop in homelessness downtown, more people asking for shelter and an increase in riverbed encampments.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
As its inhabitants fled, their buildings burned and sunk into a riverbed, which would preserve their homes and belongings for millennia.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The site, about 75 miles northwest of London, drew the ‘British Pompeii’ moniker because, after a fire about a year after the village was built, the platforms holding it sunk into the riverbed.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
And those alternatives could be to build an island around the pier or a rock wall, or put dolphins – standalone structures set in the riverbed – adjacent to it, or put on fenders that absorb the energy so the ship doesn't come in so fast.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
Surveillance cameras at the school captured the suspects walking toward a nearby riverbed, authorities said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
Stories and interpretations Carolina Munoz recalls hearing the story of a woman weeping by a riverbed.
—Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbed. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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riverbed
noun
riv·er·bed
-ˌbed 
: the channel occupied or once occupied by a river
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