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Within 15 minutes, the bore rolled in, covering the riverbed upon which the birds had been happily perched at low tide.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2025
The scan was performed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Saturday by using an aircraft to deploy green laser pulses to map the riverbed and locate debris from the collision.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
The nine people were located in the Santa Maria Creek riverbed, in cars and near buildings such as the vacant Rite Aid store that closed in October 2023, said John Stevenson, leader of the Ramona Homeless Project.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
And most of the vineyards are in a 30,000-year-old riverbed that was raised up by an earthquake, creating an elevated terrace above the river plain.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
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Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2025
The scan was performed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Saturday by using an aircraft to deploy green laser pulses to map the riverbed and locate debris from the collision.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
The nine people were located in the Santa Maria Creek riverbed, in cars and near buildings such as the vacant Rite Aid store that closed in October 2023, said John Stevenson, leader of the Ramona Homeless Project.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
And most of the vineyards are in a 30,000-year-old riverbed that was raised up by an earthquake, creating an elevated terrace above the river plain.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Riverbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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riverbed
noun
riv·er·bed
-ˌbed 
: the channel occupied or once occupied by a river
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