riverbank
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About 210 million years ago, two early relatives of modern crocodiles stood near each other among the low ferns of a humid riverbank in what is now northern New Mexico.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Will Walker, the zoo’s head of animals and plants, met a father and son along the riverbank who’d driven hours to join the search.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Insp Neil Pryce said witnesses and items left on the riverbank indicated where the boy may have entered the water.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
To visit by car, you’ve got to take the expressway south to an easy-to-miss exit and make two quick U-turns down to the riverbank.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Valerian is emptying our schoolbags onto the riverbank.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Meanwhile, environmental restoration has made some of Brazil’s urban riverbanks and lagoons friendlier to capybaras.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Since dawn, he and around 20 colleagues have paddled along the riverbanks in their weathered wooden canoes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Vietnam has already been battling with a week of flooding and record rains that burst riverbanks and flooded some of the country's most popular tourist spots.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Meanwhile, Sino Metals bulldozers have been leveling ground and removing dried tailings from riverbanks and gardens, which could make such an investigation more difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Men and women black as night, strolling in bright sunlight along the riverbanks.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
