rivers
Example Sentences
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The three principal rivers and their tributaries — the Los Angeles, the San Gabriel and Santa Ana — joined into an inland sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Last year was among the driest for the world's rivers in over three decades, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said in a report.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
With help from Berkeley undergraduates, Vazquez traveled throughout the region, setting up mist nets over streams, ponds and rivers at night.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Here. I remembered reading something about dragons and water. Primaevitas. They live in rivers when they’re small.”
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
