ferryboat

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

The ferryboat Julia B., derisively dubbed the “flagship” of the “Arizona Navy” by a Times war correspondent assigned to cover the skirmish, promptly ran aground on a sandbar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

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

There’s a pump track, a roller rink, soccer fields, tennis courts, pickleball courts, a disc golf course and — oh! — a brand-new playground with a ferryboat play structure.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2021

We waited by the gateway, watching them walk through the dark tunnel out into the bright light where the ferryboat rode the waves.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

The commission also oversees movers, brokers, ferryboats and wastewater.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

The Sinking Ferry Mailbox NECESSITY, PLEASURE, FUN and even folly define the network of ferryboats traversing the Puget Sound.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

These cases seem rather quaint when we read them today—after all, they involve spats about ferryboats and royal land grants—but they were at the center of bitter political disputes.

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2016

Above the skyline, to the north and west, mountains rise into a darkening sky as bathtub ferryboats chug past beneath them on still saltwater the color of slate.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2010

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