sandbar
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Less than a week later, two sisters paddleboarding on the lake found a human jawbone and skeletal remains in a nearby sandbar, according to KTNV-TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Work has been continuing along the coast to replenish beaches stripped of sand and to remove a sandbar that partially blocked the harbour at West Bay following south-easterly storms.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Covering four representative species—the great white, the sandbar, the small-spotted catshark and the spiny dogfish—Daniel C. Abel and Sophie A. Maycock deliver breadth without sacrificing depth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Bar push is caused when deposition on the inside of a bend forms a sandbar, which pushes the curve outward.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
When I finished crying, there wasn’t a sound to be heard except for the gentlest lap of waves on the nearby sandbar.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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