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ferry

[fer-ee] / ˈfɛr i /
NOUN
transportation boat
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One resident in Bab el-Mandeb village said much of that construction was done by the Emirates, whose contractors would ferry Southeast Asian construction workers to the island and provide them with food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

"If you're traveling this weekend, give yourself extra time. Check your train, ferry, or flight before you leave, and avoid low-lying coastal roads around high tide," Mamdani said on X.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

North Ronaldsay is Orkney's northernmost island and is only accessible from Kirkwall on the main island via a 20-minute plane journey or a ferry, which takes two hours and 40 minutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hubben, across the street from me, likes the proximity to the outdoors and ferry access to Seattle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The shrews disembarked and Matthias helped Log-a-Log to conceal the ferry in some bulrushes.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The archipelago nation of 116 million has a long history of disasters involving the inter-island ferries that ply its seas.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Another 4,712 people were detected entering the UK without permission via other methods including hiding in vehicles, travelling on ferries or through airports from July 2025 to June 2026.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

It said the vessels - two small CalMac ferries, a fisheries research ship and a marine protection vessel - would provide a "bridge to the future" for the yard.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Sophie Jansen, 33, of Amsterdam, travels to Greece over five times a year and has taken close to 100 island ferries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“It ferries back and forth between here and Jahara.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Once in Britain, according to the New York Times, Trump was covertly ferried back to Air Force One as though he had been aboard the whole time.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

They ferried them on stretchers to waiting vehicles and ambulances near the entrance to the mine.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

In December, Air Force officials announced a B-52 Stratofortress was ferried from Boeing’s San Antonio facility to Edwards Air Force Base after it was equipped with a new radar system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Prosecutors allege that the man, identified in a press release as Serhii K., was aboard the boat that ferried the divers to the pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

He and his aides were ferried across the Potomac River to Virginia.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Reports about food and conditions on ship don’t grapple with the challenges of ferrying fresh lettuce into a combat zone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The plane took off from Ankara 20 minutes later, ferrying the president, his entourage, and the journalists who had covered his trip.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Obviously, clambering up and down the dangerously steep pass, ferrying goods on horseback or by mule or — for a few wacky, experimental months in the mid-1850s, Army camels — wasn’t workable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

The father-of-four is constantly ferrying the kids - aged between seven and 13 - to endless activities including taekwondo, swimming and drumming, as well helping them figure out their homework.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The British ATA continued ferrying aircraft until the spring of 1946, though they officially disbanded in November 1945.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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