towhead

as in sandbar

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Recent Examples on the Web The notion, like the uncouth, wispy-haired towhead himself, was an easy mark for Bennett, who took aim following Greeley’s sermon on the coverage of the New Jersey murder. James M. Lundberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020 An outdoorsy, blue-eyed towhead, Jim, was living in the house next door, right on the beach. Alison Rose, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2012 The towhead flashes his dad a cheeky smile, grabs a puppy by his neck roll, and runs off down a hill with his seven-year-old brother, Federico, to find some chickens. J.j. Martin, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2007
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Noun
  • Requiem sharks, which include blacktip, spinner and sandbar sharks, are most commonly involved in attacks in Florida.
    Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Many who fell ill recently reported wading in the waist-deep water at the sandbar, which can become crowded during summer weekends and holidays.
    Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
Noun
  • The storm broke in the early hours, but a low bank of clouds had remained and settled directly over the site.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The Musée du Quai Branly is a long ark of a building perched over a garden, whose foliage screens the museum from its busy namesake thoroughfare on the banks of the Seine.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Since the sixties, Pickford explained, divers had been searching for the wreck off the wrong sandbank.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Strewn across the riverbed, some of the ships still have turrets, command bridges, broken masts and twisted hulls, while others lie mostly submerged under sandbanks.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024

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“Towhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towhead. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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