Thesaurus results for FERRIED

ferried

verb

past tense of ferry

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 Passengers were seen being ferried in small boats from the cruise ship anchored at the Port of Granadilla to the island. —

Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 The ship will not dock but will remain at anchor, with people ferried off in small boats. —

Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026 Wildlife here is so prolific that guests aren’t permitted to walk about; rather they’re ferried about by safari vehicle, passing honking hippos, giant basking Nile crocodiles and huge numbers of butterflies and birds. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 Harry and Meghan then boarded a dinghy that ferried them to a sailing boat, where more Invictus Australia veterans were waiting. —

Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026 The Endurance spacecraft, built by Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin, will become the largest lunar lander in history, exceeding the size of NASA’s Apollo lunar module that ferried crews to and from the lunar surface more than 50 years ago. —

Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 The Ford Mustang—a four-seat, two-door, V8 convertible—ferried fairgoers from prehistory to space on the Magic Skyway, a 12-minute, half-mile ride designed by none other than Walt Disney. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026 Casinos have flown him in on a G650 and ferried him around in a Rolls-Royce. —

Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026 The iconic 1968 Camaro SS convertible, equipped with a 502-cubic-inch GM performance crate motor and approximately 502 horsepower, became a legitimate costar, with its own trailer in which it’s ferried to filming locations across the country. —

Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026

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There are many strains of hantavirus that can be carried by many types of rodents and even bats in some areas, according to de la Sancha.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
The Panthers slowly chipped away, and two of Dillard’s three relays carried them to a third straight girls state championship at the FHSAA 3A state track and field finals at Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville on Friday.

— Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026