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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferryboat
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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
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The original film details a three-year surfing tour that Metz took between 1958 and 1961, a journey that involved steamship-hopping, hitchhiking, every other possible manner of transportation across Europe, Australia and Africa.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Other soybeans continue their journey to global markets, moving through the heartland by rail or barge to ports, then across oceans.—
Gary McGuigan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The decommissioned Navy barge from the outside.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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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
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Bossel suggests using a steamer to blast seams, crevices, and furniture legs with sustained heat—10 to 30 seconds per section.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Aug. 2025
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Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The proposal relies on Starship being refueled in low-Earth orbit by multiple Starship tanker launches.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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The most recent mission on Tuesday lasted six hours and was not supported by an aerial refueling tanker.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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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
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More than 3,000 watercraft passed through the lock during the 2023 season, the DNR said.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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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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Larger than a simple car ferry but less formal than a traditional cruise ship, these vessels combine transport with leisure.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The company’s extraordinary rise from an upstart carmaker to a global force in sustainable energy and transport has been fueled by his relentless ambition and uncanny ability to attract capital.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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