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ferry

[fer-ee] / ˈfɛr i /
NOUN
transportation boat
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"Fergusons was once Scotland's ferry factory with a worldwide reputation for excellence and should be again," she said.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The ferry had a capacity to carry 90 passengers, but the paper estimates at least 168 people were actually on board when it was hit by a strong wave and overturned a week ago.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Getting supplies by sea—called underway replenishment—relies on supply ships that ferry fuel, ammunition and dry cargo like food or spare parts to the carrier.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Little did she know, she’d be “holding on for dear life” on the rocky ferry from Naxos to Milos.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Somewhere in the distance, a ferry blasts its horn.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

The mainstream tanker market is shrinking as some ships are sold into the so-called shadow fleet that ferries sanctioned oil.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Moraig Lyall says tunnels which would be "cheaper in the long run" than ferries.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Down by her green toes, Melanie Griffith’s Staten Island secretary Tess McGill ferries to Manhattan to type memos for important men.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

The company’s therapy—which ferries genetic instructions into liver cells—aims to reset those markings to a younger state.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

All the ferries had been withdrawn to the north bank, and the trading galleys had fled or been seized by the Imp to be made over for battie.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

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

Voting took place across the tiny Mediterranean island nation on Saturday, and ballots were ferried overnight to the Counting Hall in Naxxar, where counting begins on Sunday morning.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

The ship has not docked directly in Tenerife - instead it is anchored out at sea and passengers are being ferried to Granadilla port, well away from residential areas.

From BBC May 11, 2026

It wasn’t just Lysanders that she ferried, and she didn’t do much taxi work that first year, so it probably wasn’t an Anson.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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

More than 20 of its trucks are currently ferrying goods in the Toronto area for Loblaw, Canada’s largest retailer, Gatik said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

And the Air Transport Auxiliary will be ferrying planes to France, come the invasion.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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