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 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. 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
Verb
  • Sacramento led by as many as 20 and carried a 71-54 lead into the halftime break.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The team’s elite rotation of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani has carried the load thus far.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • The final pass of the game from the 11 sailed out of bounds and incomplete.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Balloons in red and white dotted the sky, as the yachts with flags in the same colors sailed by.
    Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 17 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
  • Nix put a perfect back-shoulder throw on him, and Sutton hauled it in.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
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
  • 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
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  • And the fertilizer could be produced with less energy because the raw materials don’t have to be mined or transported, according to researchers.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Chambers and two passengers in the Porsche were transported to local hospitals.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Tribes also sent more than $8 million to local governments.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • 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
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  • Matchweek eight saw the Premier League’s 20 teams create 55 big chances, the highest of the season — yet, those opportunities brought multiple head-scratching misses, including a couple with game-state-altering potential.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Chung brought a broader perspective.
    Tharin Pillay, Time, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Ferried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferried. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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