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sandbar

[sand-bahr] / ˈsændˌbɑr /
NOUN
bar of sand
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Like many in town, Deyres suspects regional fire commanders sacrificed Le Porge to save houses of the wealthy nearby on the Cap Ferret sandbar peninsula: “I’m not afraid to say it: We were abandoned.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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

All of the injuries were from the ferry, which came to rest on a sandbar.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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

Backing off on the throttle, Dad carefully maneuvered the boat through the narrow channel along the sandbar.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings




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