as in bank
a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow didn't attempt getting the horses across the stream until we had reached the ford

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Noun
  • Fortner pleaded guilty in February to bank robbery.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2025
  • But despite economic uncertainty, the 13-year-old bank is moving forward with its IPO plan, having grown its active customer base to 8.6 million by offering a no-fee checking account and debit card.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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  • And for decades, every attempt to create legal access has foundered on the rocky shoals of property rights and lumbering bureaucracy.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • For any shipping hub to flourish in the early days of Great Lakes maritime trade, lighthouses were needed to warn mariners of shoals, and welcome boats to critical harbors which still dot the lakes.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Ford.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ford. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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