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Not always easy to spot, many frogs are small enough to fit in your pocket, and frogs can be elusive, blending in with the flora of their surroundings, hopping through treetops or along riverbanks.
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Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Aspirations are large and small, ranging from building out new sections of the DuPage River walkway to ecological restoration along its riverbank.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
In 2018, workers building a new sewage tunnel along the riverbank discovered an intact 500-year-old skeleton with leather boots still on its feet.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
In a forest of eastern Thailand, a rare predator meandered along a rocky riverbank and stopped to rest in the sunshine.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
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Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Aspirations are large and small, ranging from building out new sections of the DuPage River walkway to ecological restoration along its riverbank.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
In 2018, workers building a new sewage tunnel along the riverbank discovered an intact 500-year-old skeleton with leather boots still on its feet.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
In a forest of eastern Thailand, a rare predator meandered along a rocky riverbank and stopped to rest in the sunshine.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Riverbank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riverbank. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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riverbank
noun
riv·er·bank
ˈriv-ər-ˌbaŋk 
: the bank of a river
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