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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
While thousands of soldiers and rescue teams search for the missing and deliver aid, helicopters are ferrying supplies to isolated zones and private construction firms are helping to reopen key roads.
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CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
While the balloons turned out to be ferrying cigarettes, Europe is on high alert after intrusions into NATO’s airspace reached an unprecedented scale last month.
—Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
It was designed to carry as many as 30,000 people a day, ferrying them between the Yucatán’s colonial towns, Mayan ruins, nature reserves, and white-sand beaches.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
While ferrying Camila from playdates to pet psychics, Issa realizes the dog’s bark is worse than her bite—much like Camila’s attractive, yet reclusive owner, Theo (Famous in Love’s Carter Jenkins).
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
McGowan functioned as a one-man intervention services unit, often fielding middle-of-the-night phone messages and ferrying people to and from rehab.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
While the balloons turned out to be ferrying cigarettes, Europe is on high alert after intrusions into NATO’s airspace reached an unprecedented scale last month.
—Danny Bakst, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
It was designed to carry as many as 30,000 people a day, ferrying them between the Yucatán’s colonial towns, Mayan ruins, nature reserves, and white-sand beaches.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
While ferrying Camila from playdates to pet psychics, Issa realizes the dog’s bark is worse than her bite—much like Camila’s attractive, yet reclusive owner, Theo (Famous in Love’s Carter Jenkins).
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
McGowan functioned as a one-man intervention services unit, often fielding middle-of-the-night phone messages and ferrying people to and from rehab.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferrying
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Pulisic came into the camp carrying an injury, and the conditions in Denver weren’t Arctic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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So, when viewing the Raiders’ expectations for running back Ashton Jeanty this season, Bowers is the right man to ask about carrying that load while getting acclimated to the NFL at the same time.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau might be in the cards for the most unexpected couple this year, but the new couple is sailing full steam ahead.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
13 Oct. 2025
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Centuries ago, a fleet of Spanish ships laden with gold, silver and jewels taken from the New World was sailing back to Spain when a hurricane wrecked the flotilla on July 31, 1715, spilling the treasures into the sea, according to the 1715 Fleet Society.—
Kate Payne,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Begging or drunkenness could mean a week to a couple of months on a chain gang, grading and paving roads, fixing bridges, hauling debris, and otherwise helping to construct the fast-growing city.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bands of masked men apprehending people in broad daylight in the streets and hauling them off.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Kentucky Lake reported the most the most boating injuries in Tennessee last year with six, according to the 2024 Tennessee Boating Incident Statistical Report.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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Florida leads the nation in boating accidents and fatalities, and Miami-Dade County had the most mishaps on the water in the state.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the coming months, Bechtel’s project team will continue feeding waste and glass-forming materials into the melters, filling stainless-steel containers, and transporting them to the Hanford Site’s Integrated Disposal Facility.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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One of the vehicles involved in the crash was a van transporting dozens of cats to an animal shelter, according to Furkids Animal Rescue and Shelters.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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The stock market is sending mixed signals at the moment, caught in a tangle of overlapping anxieties.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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The financial impact of collapsing auto parts giant First Brands spooked traders, sending many regional and other bank stocks to heavy, and arguably unwarranted, losses.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Ferrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferrying. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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