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Word: sandbar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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Usage:

...Belgian government last week regretfully announced that it could not give the final results of the Congo's nationwide elections. Among the reasons: ¶In the Sankuru River, a motor launch carrying ballot boxes downstream struck a sandbar and sank. Boxes containing 10,-ooo ballots disappeared in a swirling mass of crocodiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIAN CONGO: Late Returns | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

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