riverbank
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In addition to running Projeto CAPA, Aidar now manages the 14-mile bike path along one riverbank of the Pinheiros, and a miles-long state park along the other.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
One of the most staggering is simply pollution: a jungle riverbank heaped with trashed tires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
He returned with a snippet of film documenting one of the most notorious cryptid sightings in history—a fleeting, jittery glimpse of a hairy figure crossing a riverbank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
"It rained a lot, the riverbank collapsed even further, and civil defense called us to evacuate," Luiz Otavio Souza, a 35-year-old salesman who had to leave his home and whose nephew is missing, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
We gallop past the apple orchard and run down the gravel road that spits us out onto the wide meadow along the riverbank.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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Meanwhile, environmental restoration has made some of Brazil’s urban riverbanks and lagoons friendlier to capybaras.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
"We also want to remind people to keep away from swollen riverbanks and not to drive or walk through flood waters as you don't know what lies beneath," said Richard Preece from the organisation.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 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
Jones said that to cross the river they needed a dark night, smooth water, and deserted riverbanks.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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