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
  • Airwallex’s focus, instead, is on companies that want a global presence and need to be able to issue employee cards, open bank accounts, and pay merchants across dozens of jurisdictions.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Other documents, such as utility bills and bank statements, are no longer accepted.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • Days later, China’s powerful State Council declared a nature reserve over much of the shoal, drawing protests from both Manila and Washington over the unilateral move.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.
    Reuters, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Ford.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ford. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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