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The Milky Way’s true shape—implied in its riverlike path across the sky—offers an important clue as well.

From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2023

Rip currents are riverlike channels that move away from the shore at high speeds and typically extend from near the shoreline to past the line of breaking waves.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

In the blueprint’s first iteration, Kogan and his colleague Renata Furlanetto, 46, broke the house into eight separate villas arranged around a riverlike pool.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021

On the mantle in their dining room, the Perrys have a framed photo of the home standing strong amid a riverlike Broad Street during the Great Flood of 1913.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2020

Further observations have indicated that the movement is most rapid on the surface and least at the bottom, in which the stream is also riverlike.

From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate