ferryboat
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Beset by financial hardship, in part because of a devastating injury in a ferryboat accident, Meucci was unable to afford the $10 fee to renew his caveat, which as a result expired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
One of mine came in 1988, when I helped lead a Southwest Seattle Historical Society cruise to celebrate the first voyage of the City of Seattle, the first ferryboat on Puget Sound.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
They will likely also know his life closely resembles Petterson’s: The author’s parents and brother died in a ferryboat fire that claimed 159 lives in 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
I was watching a ferryboat waddle on the river when I heard a man with a slight British accent say, “Where have you been? I’ve been looking all over for you.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
When the ferryboat was ready to leave, the gate, which looked like it belonged on a castle, went up with a rattle of chains.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
The commission also oversees movers, brokers, ferryboats and wastewater.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
But Vigor’s attention is increasingly taken up by the lucrative work on the Navy’s gray ships over the green-and-white ferryboats.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
When Northam was born in 1959, the area was connected to the rest of Virginia only by ferryboats; the 20-mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel linked the region to Norfolk in 1964.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2017
The moon was rising over the Sound, climbing the night sky like an ascendant soul; below, the ferryboats traced silent, tentative paths through the water.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2012
The ferryboats crossed the wide river without mishap, and the party from Boston stepped out onto the shore at Wethersfield.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
