ferryboat

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Recent Examples of ferryboat 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 This is the quartet’s 10th season aboard the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley. Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 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
  • So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.
    Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And for those seeking British history, visit Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s SS Great Britain, a steamship created by the man who masterminded much of England’s most impressive infrastructure, including the railway from London to Bristol.
    Lottie Gross, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Several of the fallen containers struck a smaller clean air barge that was connected to the Mississippi at the time of the accident.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The production is planning to anchor a 100-foot-barge in Brooklyn Monday for a launch event, in addition to guerilla art installations throughout the week.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The locomotive itself—a 1950 steamer built in Roanoke, Virginia—comes courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Transportation, made possible through a partnership with the Steam Railroading Institute and the Virginia Mechanical Preservation Society.
    Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike a traditional steamer, the Quuejenl steamer also has a dry function that performs tasks where an iron may be better suited, like creating delicate pleats or pressing shirt collars.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The most prominent features of the Cygnus cargo freighter are its circular, fan-like solar arrays and an aluminum cylinder called the pressurized cargo module that bears some resemblance to a keg of beer.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.
    Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Four people have died and 90 others have been injured following a gas tanker explosion in Mexico City.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There will also be personalized watercraft racing off the beach at Crown Point Shores.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Two Indiana men were driving the personal watercraft, with each carrying a female passenger, when the collision happened at about noon.
    Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 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
  • Electric trucks from Volvo Trucks, supported by material transport, are enabling fully emission-free operations from selective gutting through to concrete crushing, materials processing, and transport.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Solid rocket motors can be stored for longer periods of time and are easier to conceal, transport, and launch on demand.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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