Thesaurus results for FERRYING

ferrying

verb

present participle of ferry

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 Cars drive from one dot on a map to another, ferrying takeout to people at home on sofas. — Longreads, 15 Sep. 2026 Lately, he’s been ferrying barrels of that water into the city so that workers have water to bring home to their families. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 Sean Vard, the long-time groom for Swiss rider Martin Fuchs, spends much of his life on the road, ferrying top show jumpers around Europe and beyond from his base near Zurich, Switzerland. — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Veterinary staff needed help to complete the procedure, ferrying the animals back and forth in carriers on electric buggies. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Choppers flew overhead in a constant stream ferrying victims from a village just on the other side of the river. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 As with most of the military’s statements on strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 Recent reports have pointed to Russia ferrying materiel to Iran and North Korea deploying drone operators in support of Moscow, while China and Taiwan are both learning lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026 In January 2025, ferrying two lunar landers during the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission drained almost all of one upper stage’s fuel reserves. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026

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The resulting frame weighs just six pounds without the battery, despite supporting a drone capable of carrying 110 pounds.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Hurling is one of Ireland’s national sports, and involves moving a ball down the field, either by hitting it or carrying it for up to four steps.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of carrying

Verb

The ship’s April transatlantic cruise starts in Port Canaveral before sailing to Bermuda, the Azores, Portugal, and England.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026
However, the average vessel isn't exactly sailing around the world for years on end like a commercial freighter.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of sailing

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There, the couple’s daughter, Amy Johnson, explained that her parents are fighting their mother’s pancreatic cancer and that the luggage-hauling job is real.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
That's a lot of screen for a vehicle whose primary job is still hauling stuff.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of hauling

Verb

Also in the collection are Parisian cityscapes by Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, a horse-racing image by Edgar Degas and a boating scene by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, all valued in the tens of millions of dollars.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
The park has boating access, paddlesport rentals, and a swimming beach, as well as hiking trails, campgrounds, and mini cabins.

— Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of boating

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Behind a finished installation are hours of sourcing, processing, designing, transporting and setting up the flowers, not to mention the creative expertise required to turn buckets of individual stems into a cohesive design.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
His companions managed to drive the animal away and provide first aid before transporting him by boat to the village of Toora-Khem.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of transporting

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In 2010, 11 deep-cover Russian spies were arrested across the United States, sending shockwaves around the globe.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
The duo leaves us there for nearly six minutes, sending drone clouds of various textures while Schwendener’s voice drifts through the distant fog.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

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