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as in canal
a passageway for water
A fallen tree branch was floating down the river.
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as in stream
an overwhelming flow or rush of something
Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe. He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.
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Recent Examples of river
The helicopter overturned and fell from the sky, hitting the river upside down.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
Mudslides and cresting rivers there destroyed around 2,300 structures.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Further up the river, the rowdiness starts at the Crabtree, a pub which backs onto the Thames and is absolutely heaving.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In Ohio, the weather service issued flood warnings for areas along the banks of some of Cincinnati's prominent rivers.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
Mudslides and cresting rivers there destroyed around 2,300 structures.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
Further up the river, the rowdiness starts at the Crabtree, a pub which backs onto the Thames and is absolutely heaving.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
In Ohio, the weather service issued flood warnings for areas along the banks of some of Cincinnati's prominent rivers.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for river
Noun
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The Spanish immediately recognized the importance of the canal network.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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The money was intended to help build three structures on canals and basins in North Miami-Dade and Broward counties to improve flood mitigation.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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Buyers purchase bonds with the expectation of a stream of interest payments plus principal repayment at the end of the term.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Outside, lush canyon views frame a resort-style pool, spa, cabana, fire pit, and a cascading waterfall flowing into a tranquil stream.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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Moving packages on our waterways was first proposed in 1994.—
Tom Fox,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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View gallery - 3 images A benzodiazepine seeping into waterways is causing young Atlantic salmon to behave strangely, with fish in the wild migrating more rapidly and taking more risks on their journey from river to ocean.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Apr. 2025
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Constructed in the later half of the 19th century, the building has weathered fire, flood, abandonment—and even ghosts.—
Valerie Fraser Luesse,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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For more than four decades, the state of the climate has been part of the national conversation—especially when severe weather events linked to a warming world such as droughts, floods, heat waves, and hurricanes occur.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The body meld transforms into a mind meld near the end, when each woman shoots streams of shiny water from their eyes, with the separate rivulets crashing into each other to form a floating, fiery disco ball heart.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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But, as Barak argues, people experience heat not as remotely sensed data points but in rivulets of sweat.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Arroyo memorializes ordinary buildings at risk of being swept up in the tide of gentrification in Miami through his paintings, while Simmons creates with concrete, fabric, acrylic, found objects and construction debris to form architectural sculptures and mixed media works.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Apr. 2025
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This rising tide has been spurred in large part by billionaires, particularly Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and, to a lesser extent, Richard Branson.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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“River.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/river. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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