ferried

past tense of ferry
1
as in carried
to support and take from one place to another there are shuttle buses to ferry visitors from the parking lots to the fairground

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as in sailed
to travel on water in a vessel we're planning to ferry to several islands in the Lesser Antilles

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Recent Examples of ferried Treasury said Caspian had transported IRGC personnel and weapons to Syria and said Meraj had ferried illicit cargo, including weapons, to the Syrian government. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 But that requires arms with minor-league options who can be ferried between Triple-A Albuquerque and Denver. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026 The defunct Amtrak line, which ran more than 2,600 miles between Seattle and Chicago, ferried passengers to stops in Boise, Pocatello and Salt Lake City, winding along tracks that still carve through Idaho’s Snake River Plain today. — Rose Evans september 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026 The Pilot once ferried maritime pilots to larger ships in Boston Harbor. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas While Madilynn Becker has long since given up most of her rituals and superstitions, there was one that ferried her through her young pageant career. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 He’s now being ferried around the Ankara airport in a food service vehicle to a third aircraft, leaving the crew and other administration personnel to leave on a plane that was presumably under threat. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 In the mid 1800s, opulent steamers like the Albany ferried passengers across the Great Lakes to burgeoning Midwest cities. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 10 Aug. 2026 Middle Eastern producers have ferried cargoes out of the Gulf as part of a shuttle program put in place by several countries in the region. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferried
Verb
  • And while Hill is paying a half-million-dollar price for his battery, the judgment falls well short of expectations the plaintiff may have carried into the start of the trial.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • To ensure the result stood up to scrutiny, the DS's charging port was sealed before departure, and Verstaen carried two GPS trackers during the ride.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • Henderson picked it up and sailed a throw to first, allowing the tying run to score.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • More than five centuries ago, the son of a wool weaver from Genoa sailed westward to widen the boundaries of the known world.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The capsule recovery was quick, with it being hauled up onto a SpaceX vessel in less than an hour.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Over two partial days and one full day of fishing – roughly 15 hours total – the three of us boated 53 catfish up to 25 pounds.
    — Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Many of the 30,000 tourists last year who boated down the Paraguay River beside the Serra do Amolar, about 60 miles downriver from Porto Jofre, were guests on liveaboard fishing charters.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In a sign of the respect the Duchess of Kent earned from the Royal Family, her coffin was transported in the Royal Hearse, designed by Queen Elizabeth II, and draped in the Royal Standard.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The gas is then transported deep underground for long-term storage.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • The hurricane sent chairs flying and destroyed the restaurant’s canopy.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In July, Iran sent a commercial plane to carry a Houthi delegation to Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran, defying a Saudi air blockade of Yemen.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But over the course of the past decade, an influx of entrepreneurs plus a comprehensive plan led by the city and REV Birmingham, a nonprofit focused on revitalization and economic development, has brought the center back to life.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Post-production brought three-hour Zoom calls over cuts and music cues.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Ferried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferried. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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