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as in to haul
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 ferry
Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Despite their tête-à-têtes during the series, one of the final scenes shows both women taking a solemn ferry ride away from the estate, as Michaela’s husband Peter (Kevin Bacon) abruptly dumps her for Simone.
—William Earl, Variety, 22 May 2025
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Verb
In 2013, a pilot ferrying a family of four Swedish tourists over the Hudson River heard a loud popping sound and began to lose power.
—Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
Once Devon and Bruce get on the ferry, who should embark behind them but Michaela?
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Despite their tête-à-têtes during the series, one of the final scenes shows both women taking a solemn ferry ride away from the estate, as Michaela’s husband Peter (Kevin Bacon) abruptly dumps her for Simone.
—William Earl, Variety, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferry
Verb
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The operation is massive: participants haul wagons and horses up to Nevada from all over California and coordinate nightly rest stops in shopping centers, ranches, even neighborhoods.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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The drop in foreign goods could mean fewer jobs at the warehouses that store them and the trucking companies that haul them around, wrote Michael Madowitz, an economist at the left-leaning Roosevelt Institute.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Imagine a cargo ship sailing into the Chesapeake Bay and launching hundred of drones at Washington D.C. and the Norfolk naval base.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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It was supposed to head south to refuel in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, before heading out of New York Harbor and was never meant to sail under the bridge.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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The 175-footer serves as the central hub during the team’s global fishing tour, transporting smaller fishing boats, tons of fuel, and toys such as a two-person submersible, KTM electric dirt bikes, and a Bell 505 helicopter.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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The victim was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
Verb
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In the yachting world, the Cannes Film Festival means one thing: the start of the summer boating season.—
Katia Damborsky,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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For those who want the boat-life experience but don't require a private charter, there is the option of river boating or small-boat cruising.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Roth was released from prison in June 1985 after serving 16 years for the fatal shooting of a Topeka taxi driver.—
Stephanie Warsmith,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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Junior suites deliver enough space for a family of three to sprawl out in between taxi rides into Venice, and a poolside rooftop bar offers respite for parents monitoring high energy kiddos swimming away summertime twilight.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The aphid was carried from Africa by the harmattan wind across the ocean to the Caribbean; it was detected in Florida’s sugarcane fields in the late nineteen-seventies and, in 2013, on sorghum crops farther north.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The 21-year-old champion was photographed carrying her trophy in a full Miu Miu outfit, pairing pieces from the brand’s spring 2024 collection with metallic sneakers from her upcoming collaboration with New Balance.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
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Related Articles Irvine residents react to new additions coming to Great Park Vietnam War pilot reflects on rescue helicopter evacuations during the fall of Saigon Great Park gondolas gets initial OK from board for possible pilot Gondolas in the Great Park?—
Jonathan Horwitz,
Oc Register,
7 May 2025
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The lake, surrounded by tall peaks, fills up the back window of the gondola.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Ferry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferry. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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