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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.
—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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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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During this time, circus families blossomed all over Mexico, aided by the appearance of the steamship and railway systems, as the circus historian Julio Revolledo Cárdenas would detail in a 2018 article for the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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For those escaping to Philadelphia from regions nearer to Pennsylvania, clandestine travel by small boat or by road was more likely than stowing away on a steamship.—
Jeremy Mennis,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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During the April mission, the rocket’s first stage booster landed successfully on a seafaring barge, but the upper portion, or second stage, of the rocket didn’t manage to deliver its payload — AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite — to a safe orbit.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Once the new location is open, Hollywood Casino’s parent company Penn Entertainment has an agreement with the city of Aurora to demolish the riverboat location in downtown, including the barge, building and walkway over the Fox River, then turn the land over to the city of Aurora.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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The second worst feeling is realizing your hotel doesn’t have a steamer or iron available.—
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
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Fong's late grandfather was one of eight Chinese passengers who boarded the luxury steamer to cross the Atlantic, of which only six survived, CBS, the BBC and The Chicago Tribune reported.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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The lane with the strongest demand growth, Europe-Asia, also generated the largest incremental freighter contribution, adding more than 409 million CTKs as industrial trade flows between both regions remained resilient.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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However, Boeing has sold only 49 jets to China since 2018, mostly freighter aircraft.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
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The crude oil tanker Idemitsu Maru sails through Ise Bay near Chita City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, May 25, 2026, after becoming the first crude tanker bound for Japan to transit the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The tanker went off the right shoulder of the highway and rolled onto its side, state patrol officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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Lake Tahoe inspectors stopped a watercraft carrying invasive golden mussels from entering the lake last week, their second such stop since the mollusk was first discovered in California waters in 2024.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Boating is allowed, though all watercraft, down to inflatable kayaks, must have a permit, purchased from the city’s website.—
R. Scott Rappold,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
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At the outset of the war, gasoline prices surged in response to Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime trading route that facilitates the transport of about one-fifth of global crude supply.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
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According to guidelines issued by the Department of Justice, shackles may be used at federal facilities only to restrain violent inmates or prevent the escape of inmates during court appearances and transport.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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