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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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Recent Examples of ferried
Guests were ferried in high-speed elevators to the vacant 49th floor of a new office tower in the city’s futuristic King Abdullah Financial District to take in vast cityscapes, and highlights of the British designer’s fall 2025 and spring 2026 collections.
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
After calling ahead for a water taxi in Ischia Ponte, we were ferried over to Da Maria's pier, and then welcomed into the open-air dining room, which faces the Gulf of Naples.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Three days later, a trailer registered to Skeet’s ranch ferried it to Big Spring, where Baker was waiting.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Raft companies and shuttle services ferried searchers overland to and from the trailhead, and area chefs and restaurants donated breakfast, lunch, and dinner to feed an all-volunteer civilian army.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Most of the island's hundreds of horses are ferried off the island in late fall to enjoy the winter on the mainland.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Vineland’s repressive villain Brock Vond ends ferried to hell by two Eastside vatos locos, while the hippie father Zoyd reunites with his daughter at an anarchist family picnic.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Italy’s most famous film festival has officially begun, and the waterways of Venice are filled with celebrities being ferried to the red carpet.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Her passenger had major injuries and was ferried via air ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Miles Socha, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
After calling ahead for a water taxi in Ischia Ponte, we were ferried over to Da Maria's pier, and then welcomed into the open-air dining room, which faces the Gulf of Naples.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
Three days later, a trailer registered to Skeet’s ranch ferried it to Big Spring, where Baker was waiting.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Raft companies and shuttle services ferried searchers overland to and from the trailhead, and area chefs and restaurants donated breakfast, lunch, and dinner to feed an all-volunteer civilian army.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Most of the island's hundreds of horses are ferried off the island in late fall to enjoy the winter on the mainland.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Vineland’s repressive villain Brock Vond ends ferried to hell by two Eastside vatos locos, while the hippie father Zoyd reunites with his daughter at an anarchist family picnic.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Italy’s most famous film festival has officially begun, and the waterways of Venice are filled with celebrities being ferried to the red carpet.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Her passenger had major injuries and was ferried via air ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferried
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For the monks or clerics, it is presented as a material substance, carried like a sack of gold on the demon’s back; the metaphors used are monetary or economic, as though the monks owe ordered syllables to God instead of the monetary tithe their vows of poverty render unnecessary.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Cabrales-Arzola ordered a ride-hailing service just 35 minutes after entering the apartment, but neither of the women left until Pearce carried them out the following afternoon and dropped them off at different hospitals.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The goalie made a shoulder save on a wrist shot by captain Jared Spurgeon, but the rebound sailed high into the air, then landed in the crease.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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Kasay’s ensuing 45-yard kick sailed just wide right.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
28 Oct. 2025
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In a spot that previously housed a portico, an excavator can be seen consolidating the rubble to be hauled away.—
Thomas Bordeaux,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Nix put a perfect back-shoulder throw on him, and Sutton hauled it in.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
21 Oct. 2025
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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
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Our entire party boated across its clear, cool waters to an isolated beach for a picnic and a swim.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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After having multiple seizures on the sidewalk outside of The Viper Room, Phoenix was transported by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Approximately 15 to 20 people were evaluated and transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Tampa Bay Fire Rescue spokesperson Vivian Shedd said.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tribes also sent more than $8 million to local governments.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The commission agreed there was evidence he had been tortured and referred his claim back to the same court that had sent him to prison.—
Omar Jimenez,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Eileen has freshly embraced sobriety, and has brought her manuscript with her in the hopes of impressing several key mucky-mucks in attendance.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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Brown brought a full R&B coalition with him in Summer Walker, Bryson Tiller and Jhené Aiko, proving that Beyoncé isn’t the only R&B powerhouse capable of pulling stadium-level receipts.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Ferried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferried. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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