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Recent Examples of ferryboat
Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat.
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Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.
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Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.
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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.
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Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Molly Burford,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.
—
Eric Duvall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferryboat
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The original Dow index from 1884 had 11 stocks in it, and nine of them were railroads (the other two were a steamship company and Western Union).
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On summer breaks from university, Gilmore also worked at the port, painting buildings, shoveling coal on a steamship and crewing on harbor boats.
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The organization also noted that the barge carrying the fireworks was around two miles from Jackie and Shadow’s nest and that the show was scheduled to finish in under 30 minutes.
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The barge will also feature Scottish artist and former professional footballer Craig Black, who will christen it upon arrival.
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Use a garment steamer for easier wrinkle-removal.
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For Feeling Put-together After a Flight Nothing pulls a travel outfit together faster than wrinkle-free clothes, and this compact steamer makes the process surprisingly painless.
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Best International Narrative Feature went to Labrador — Autopsy of Silence, directed by Rodrigue Jean, which follows an Inuk mechanic who is suspected of murder on a freighter.
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The 747’s fusion of aeronautical ability and symbolic power earned it many roles beyond passenger liner and freighter.
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The tanker was laden with more than 2 million barrels of crude oil and sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Commercial shipping at center of tensions Britain's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said June 27 that a tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, sustaining damage to its bridge, though all crew members were reported safe.
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Authorities have intercepted six watercraft that illegally attempted to launch on Lake Tahoe amid a campaign to keep golden mussels and other invasive species out of the iconic Sierra lake.
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Personal watercraft are one-to-two people vessels often referred to as Jet Skis, the brand name of a popular model made by Kawasaki.
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Now, in Crimea, Kyiv is systematically targeting key transport links and supply routes connecting the peninsula to southern Russian forces, aiming to disrupt logistics and isolate military infrastructure there.
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Poland and Ukraine are using the event to finalize a new bilateral, intergovernmental pact designed to cover transport, energy, and logistics.
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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