as in banks
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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The agency states these incidents can occur due to the overheating that power banks and similar devices experience as a result of a process called thermal runaway.
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Officials said Friday that a group of 50 volunteers had joined the effort to look for Kinney along the banks of the lake, adding that on-and-off rain hindered the search, according to WSAZ.
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The assumption is that Lohar will either abandon pursuit or accidentally run the Bitchfist aground on the toothy shoals.
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China claims almost all of the sea, including areas that overlap with exclusive economic zones from countries like the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, and has been building out structures on some shoals in recent years to bolster its claims.
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Instead of clear water and visible fins cutting through the shallows, the researchers were met with something far less cooperative.
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Trunk Bay and Cinnamon Bay are Instagram classics, and the shallows off Maho Bay are known for sea turtles.
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“Fords.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fords. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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