river

Example Sentences

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"There are nowhere near enough river sample measurements to quantify inputs to estuaries along the entire Alaskan North Slope."

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Laraba Adamu, who was newly married at the time, remembers hostility at the river where she fetched water.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“Music’s like water. It’s going to get down the creek into the river into the ocean. It’s going to find its audience.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Near Rangpo, the Teesta joins with another river and carries on toward the Bay of Bengal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

A shaking starts somewhere deep inside me, and my tears run down, an unstoppable river of them.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam