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[fawrd, fohrd] / fɔrd, foʊrd /




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A search of the River Aln revealed his car, which was unoccupied, had been swept downstream from the ford at Abberwick "as a result of storm water", Mr Hetherington said.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

But apart from the loss of an unlikely tourist attraction, are there downsides to closing the ford permanently?

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

According to a council report, an average of 1,900 vehicles used to go down Rufford Lane every day before the ford closed.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

But YouTubers and TikTokers have made it famous far beyond the East Midlands after millions of people started watching videos of vehicles splashing through the ford, and sometimes failing to get through.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

William Beck- ford, for example, came from a family that owned twenty-four sugar plantations in Jamaica.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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