sandbank
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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
"Before, we used to pass on the left; now the passage is to the right of the sandbank, and it's very, very narrow," said Daniela Cuoghi, a surveyor for Aipo.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
First spotted in German coastal waters in early March, the whale is thought to have become entangled in netting before eventually becoming stranded on a sandbank on Timmendorfer Strand, near the town of Travemünde.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 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
