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
One of the most staggering is simply pollution: a jungle riverbank heaped with trashed tires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
I lurch my way toward the riverbank, using tree trunks to keep me upright, till I make it to the dock.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Constant nibbling of more than 200 species of plants means riverbanks thrive and their water front burrows improve soils.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, environmental restoration has made some of Brazil’s urban riverbanks and lagoons friendlier to capybaras.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
They included several sites in the capital Pyongyang, as well as public grounds such as defunct airfields, riverbanks, farmland and open-storage yards for mine waste.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 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
Thousands more fish jerked in the sun and went bad along the riverbanks.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
