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sandbank

[sand-bangk] / ˈsændˌbæŋk /
NOUN
sand bar
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NOUN
shoal
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In Bulgaria, a cruise ship got stuck on a sandbank on the Danube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Last week, 186 passengers had to be brought ashore from a Viking cruise liner that hit a sandbank because of low water levels near the city of Vidin in Bulgaria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The BBC understands the boy may have been stranded on a sandbank when he was cut off from the shore.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The whale is thought to have become entangled in netting before eventually becoming stranded on a sandbank, while suffering from a skin condition brought on by the lower salt levels of the Baltic Sea.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

As she walked across the sandbank at the edge of the river, though, she felt the weight of the calabash getting greater and greater.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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