Fargo

[ fahr-goh ]

noun

1. William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
2. a city in SE North Dakota.

Fargo

/ ˈfɑːɡəʊ /

noun

1. FargoWilliam18181881MUSBUSINESS: businessman William. 1818–81, US businessman: founded (1852) with Henry Wells the express mail service Wells, Fargo and Company

Example Sentences

“She has both the humor and the gravitas you need to be Ruth. The show has ‘Fargo’-like qualities, and at the same time, it has real depth, real emotion, real feelings.”

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Official wrist-slaps and “wet smooches” delivered to corporate leaders by federal regulators and prosecutors are the rule, no matter how egregious the misdeed — even when it’s as bad as the Wells Fargo customer fraud.

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In Fresno, the crew hit a Wells Fargo in May and used tools to get inside an ATM vault through an adjacent unit and made off with more than $80,000 in cash.

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After Wells Fargo was mired in a 2013 scandal over employees who opened millions of fake banking accounts, the bank created a new centralized unit to review customer complaints and employees’ allegations of workplace abuses.

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In Reitman’s words, the “Fargo” actor was “born to play this role.”

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