mighty river

collocation in English

meaningsofmightyandriver

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mighty
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪ.ti/us
/ˈmaɪ.t̬i/
very large, powerful, ...
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river
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrɪv.ər/us
/ˈrɪv.ɚ/
a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea, a lake, or ...
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(Definition ofmightyandriverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Along the banks of thismightyriverhave grown up huge industries.
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While thismightyriverflows up and down at such speed all of the working traffic upon it proceeds from east to west.
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To the mind of anyone who is watching the course of the expenditure of money this rushingmightyriverof additional social expenditure is alarming.
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Thismightyriverflows through a deep valley of glacial origin.
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Themightyrivermakes communication between the two parts a difficult task.
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The oncemightyriverforce and the lives of three generations of family are bound together.
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It is long and narrow, and has the appearance of amightyriverwinding among the mountains and the forests.
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As one first approaches the falls, the crevice is obscured from view, so that it appears that amightyriversimply vanishes into the earth.
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Rain drops, for example, coalesce and move together, generating rivulets, streams and themightyriver basins of the world because this design allows them to move more easily.
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These storms produce enormous wet-season flows, while in the summer and early autumn provide only minimal precipitation, if any, allowing the sometimesmightyriverto slow to a trickle.
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