ferryboat

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Recent Examples of ferryboat On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it. Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 Music at the Maritime, a quarterly concert series performed aboard one of the museum’s historic world-class ships, the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 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 The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for ferryboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferryboat
Noun
  • In 1860, Ingram died while sailing aboard the Lady Elgin, a steamship that sank after being hit by another vessel on Lake Michigan.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
  • En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.
    Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • This company's launch vehicle, simply named Maia, is designed with a recoverable and reusable booster stage that will land on an offshore barge following liftoff from the Guiana Space Center in South America.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
  • An unpermitted fireworks barge that exploded, injuring a half-dozen people in Alabama.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Harris notes the large market for shower steamers with energizing scents that help people wake up.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 July 2025
  • This unit comes with 12 pieces, including a long spray nozzle, a round brush, and a fabric steamer tool.
    Michelle Lau, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The company grew steadily over the next 50 years, buying its first seven Boeing 727s freighters after two years of lobbying led to Congress deregulating air cargo.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
  • This is no more outlandish than Carol’s flight to France by way of Greenland, or Daryl’s voyage on a massive freighter.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • Air tankers dropped nearly 180,000 gallons of fire retardant on July 13 alone.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • Two single-engine air tankers based in Mesquite delivered fire retardant to assist with initial suppression efforts before dark, according to the report.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Participants must bring their own watercraft, personal flotation device, whistle, and a white electric light.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2025
  • About a week after the drowning, a rescue operation saved a rider who was in distress after falling off his personal watercraft near the state’s North Point Marina in Winthrop Harbor.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 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
  • Programs utilizing these modes have the potential to reduce transport emissions 33.5% in Germany, 22.8% in Sweden, and 24% in the UK, the report cited.
    Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • McGuire Moorman Lambert restaurants transport diners the way few other places can, and Sammie's is a prime example of that magic trick.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025

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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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