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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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 For many people busy ferrying their kids to camp or embarking on vacations, summer is a time to let their TV backlog swell. — David Faris, TheWeek, 8 July 2026 With a capacity of 45 passengers, the mésoscaphe, a submarine for shallow to mid-range depths, made more than a thousand dives that summer, ferrying 33,000 ordinary people into the lake’s depths. — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026 On most mornings, Nguyen Thien Bao threads his VinFast electric motorbike through the jammed traffic of Vietnam’s capital Hanoi — ferrying passengers and deliveries. — ABC News, 22 June 2026 The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs. — CBS News, 21 June 2026 If Skyports is planning on ferrying medical supplies and sensitive documents between businesses, vertiport to vertiport, what about your cappuccino? — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026 Souza was ferrying the four passengers, and Marsillac was flying solo in the second helicopter, according to CNN Brasil. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 Both Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin are developing those lunar landers, which would be responsible for ferrying astronauts in lunar orbit to and from the moon's surface beginning as early as 2028 with Artemis IV. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 June 2026 The three Hezbollah fighters had been stopped at a checkpoint in the country’s south, caught ferrying Kalashnikov rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition toward the front line. — Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026

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The latest in Houston Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving to work with three other construction crew members when unmarked vehicles carrying federal agents began following his van, his family said.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The Nets led by as many as 30 before carrying a 56-34 advantage into the halftime break.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of carrying

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Similarly, Gemini services sailing to Ningbo on the May date had a 24-hour waiting time on average, which had extended to a one-to-two-day average time to berth by the end of June.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026
Where Crystal Symphony Sails The ship is sailing to Alaska in the summer of 2026 before moving onward to Canada, New England, and the Caribbean.

— Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of sailing

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Big bluegills fight hard, and hauling them out of sunken trees or thick vegetation on light tackle takes real skill.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
The Stellar Kit is aimed at journalists, documentary crews and social video creators who need broadcast-quality sound without hauling a mixing board into the field.

— Damion Taylor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of hauling

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One of Ontario’s largest inland lakes and a favorite escape north of Toronto, Lake Simcoe has long supported a serious summer cottage culture of boating around its shoreline estates.

— Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Farther afield are a stabling block, paddocks, a boating lake, and unspoiled woodland.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

Definition of boating

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Cole was initially charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026
Paramedics performed life-saving measures on the unconscious child before transporting him to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, according to CBS News.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of transporting

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Videos of the response show crews dousing the building with water as flames leap through the roof of the market, sending black plumes of smoke into the air.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
During an April news conference, Menon said the mission is a critical stepping stone as NASA sets its sights on building a moon base and, eventually, sending people to Mars.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 14 July 2026

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