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as in streams
a passageway for water
A fallen tree branch was floating down the river.
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as in floods
an overwhelming flow or rush of something
Jet streams can be thought of as giant rivers of air that circulate around the globe. He was overwhelmed by the river of new information that the document dump provided.
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Recent Examples of rivers
The biggest blue stripe represents Lake Michigan while the smaller blue stripes represent the state’s various rivers such as the Mississippi and the Illinois.
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Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
The scientists are exploring ways to upscale the filter for use in rivers.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
Similarly, parts of Jacksonville that sit on rivers and waterways will also experience water inundation.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would ratify an agreement reached after nearly six decades of negotiation and litigation over portions of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers and groundwater.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Roughly 71% of the face of our world is covered in seas, lakes, rivers, and oceans, serving as the elixir for more than three billion years of global life.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Central Florida rivers are forecast to rise in the coming days because of the excessive rainfall from Hurricane Milton.
—Jim Turner, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
Heidi and her husband have taken their cats on all sort of adventures on a leash since the felines were young, from bike rides, to hikes, lakes, and rivers, to boats, stores and mountains.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
In winter, many who live in remote areas rely on small planes or snowmobiles to travel any distance, and frozen rivers can act as makeshift roads.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Rivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rivers. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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