ferryboat

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Recent Examples of ferryboat One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island. Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 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 On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it. Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 Guests who crossed the Hudson River on ferryboats to Liberty Island included Madonna, Queen Latifah and the entertainment executive Michael Eisner. Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for ferryboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferryboat
Noun
  • This is my mother’s story that cannot be deleted, this is her legit experiences on steamship of American democracy.
    Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, in March photos emerged of a series of new barge-like PLA ships dubbed Shuiqiao that can link together to form a loading dock from over a half-mile out to sea—drastically boosting Beijing’s land invasion potency.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Next summer, the plan is for a barge to bring over the drilling rig to start the first well.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Forget the steamer in the bridal suite.
    Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This 17-piece set includes eight pots and pans in varying sizes, along with their matching lids, as well as a steamer insert.
    Dena Ogden, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The four crew members on board the plane, a Boeing 747 freighter, were rescued and sent to the hospital.
    Peter Guo, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The voyage comes eight years after a natural gas tanker transited the Northern Sea Route without an icebreaker, and signals growing strategic implications as ice coverage continues to shrink.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • However, a direct trip to Mars would require vast amounts of fuel, so SpaceX plans to use in-orbit refueling, where multiple tanker Starships transfer propellant to a main vehicle before departure.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Disney's Parr House overlooks Cotino Bay, a massive body of water that guests will also be able to traverse via different types of watercraft.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • MarineMax, a global retailer and servicer of recreational watercraft, announced that Dan Derfler has reached 50 years of service as a marine technician at MarineMax Nisswa.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • These are especially useful for taking public transport, grabbing a quick coffee, or leaving a small tip at a restaurant.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • According to the team, the resultant materials, which include oxides of tungsten, titanium, and niobium, have high surface areas, stable crystalline grains, and regular pores—all essential for quick ion transport.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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