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
  • Fannie and Freddie play an important role in the housing market by buying mortgages from banks and other lenders.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • This has major implications for banks and fintechs looking to scale fraud operations while maintaining compliance and fairness.
    Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • 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 28 May. 2025.

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