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
Juvisy-sur-Orge Mayor Lamia Bensara Reda said the driver had "lost control" of the vehicle near a station close to the riverbank, "before plunging into the Seine and dragging a parked car" with it.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
He’d leave their two dozen sheep by the riverbank and catch fish, or search for bird eggs in the reeds with his friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 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
On the riverbank they quickly roped the sling between Melynlas and Lluagor.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
"This is a first for me, we've had them in dustbins, hedgerows, riverbanks, footpaths but we've never had one in a car engine bay before," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, environmental restoration has made some of Brazil’s urban riverbanks and lagoons friendlier to capybaras.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Since dawn, he and around 20 colleagues have paddled along the riverbanks in their weathered wooden canoes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
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
Pong could make out hazy pinpricks of light beaming from the houses lining the riverbanks.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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