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as in carrying
to support and take from one place to another
there are shuttle buses to ferry visitors from the parking lots to the fairground
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as in sailing
to travel on water in a vessel
we're planning to ferry to several islands in the Lesser Antilles
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Recent Examples of ferrying
The mission is designed as a lunar flyby, ferrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover, as well as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a free-return trajectory around the moon and back to Earth.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police, and ferrying the injured to the hospital on motorcycles.
—Gopal Sharma, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Once Kelley starts visiting Göring’s wife and daughter, getting cozy, teaching Göring’s cute kiddo magic kids, and ferrying messages back and forth to boot, things get really sticky.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
And Musk sees Starship, designed to be fully reusable, as core to fulfilling his goal of routinely ferrying humans to Mars.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Eight helicopters are also operating from the base, ferrying personnel and equipment to Severny and Pankovo, the latter home to the launch site for the Burevestnik missile.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the explosion on the ship, which was ferrying coal and headed to East Africa.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
The ferrying cargo ships became high-value targets themselves.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police, and ferrying the injured to the hospital on motorcycles.
—Gopal Sharma, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Once Kelley starts visiting Göring’s wife and daughter, getting cozy, teaching Göring’s cute kiddo magic kids, and ferrying messages back and forth to boot, things get really sticky.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
And Musk sees Starship, designed to be fully reusable, as core to fulfilling his goal of routinely ferrying humans to Mars.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
Eight helicopters are also operating from the base, ferrying personnel and equipment to Severny and Pankovo, the latter home to the launch site for the Burevestnik missile.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the explosion on the ship, which was ferrying coal and headed to East Africa.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
The ferrying cargo ships became high-value targets themselves.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferrying
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He was found carrying a gun in a holster when he was patted down and a magazine in his pants pocket, police said.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Bonus points for the wide handles that make carrying it to and from the oven a piece of cake—literally.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
25 Sep. 2025
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Emerald Cruises & Tours follows the seasons by sailing Europe’s rivers when blossoms and vineyards are at their peak, and heading south for Caribbean warmth in the winter.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
26 Sep. 2025
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The first vessel is set to begin sailing in the spring of 2026.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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That included branding civil rights advocacy and speech defamatory, a breach of the peace, or hate speech, and hauling activists into courts and jails.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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For families, the villas are also pre-stocked with bulky-but-essential items like a highchair and Pack-n-Play, so there’s no need to overpack or deal with the unnecessary hassle of hauling these supplies with you.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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One post showed Johnson and his wife boating with Bukele and his family on an estuary in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In 2023, Pino was initially charged with three careless boating misdemeanors in the crash.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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That's where the shooter fired on a van transporting immigrants.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Two men were charged in connection to gunfire that hit an ambulance transporting an ill patient early Thursday morning in uptown Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Jung Yeon-Je / AFP via Getty Images file Kim has also deepened his country’s military cooperation with Russia, sending artillery and thousands of troops to support President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
26 Sep. 2025
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The first of those was sending outfielder Harrison Bader to Philadelphia, as well, where the two now are thriving as the National League East winning-Phillies prepare for a playoff run.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Ferrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferrying. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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