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sandbank

[sand-bangk] / ˈsændˌbæŋk /
NOUN
sand bar
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NOUN
shoal
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In Bulgaria, a cruise ship got stuck on a sandbank on the Danube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Last week, 186 passengers had to be brought ashore from a Viking cruise liner that hit a sandbank because of low water levels near the city of Vidin in Bulgaria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

It was initially freed from a sandbank by German environmental workers, who dug a channel so it could swim away.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Dubbed "Timmy" by the German media, the whale was first spotted stuck on a sandbank on March 23 near the city of Luebeck before freeing itself and then becoming stuck again several times.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

On the sandbank she found not one but five of the precious wheels, and passing the cord through their softening centers, she swam heavily back, pulling them behind her.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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