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ferry

[fer-ee] / ˈfɛr i /
NOUN
transportation boat
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A number of ferry sailings have also been cancelled, including crossings between Pembrokeshire and Ireland.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Air and ferry services could also be affected.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

In Senegal, fishmeal has put local fishers out of work, so they increasingly are selling — or repurposing — their boats to ferry migrants to Spain’s Canary Islands, a stepping stone to Europe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Since most of the flights arrive after the last ferry leaves Kos, you’ll likely have to spend a night in Greece on the way, but what’s the rush?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

When World War II started in 1939, looking ahead, Jackie had asked Eleanor Roosevelt, the president’s wife, for help to create a program to train American women pilots for ferry flights.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Marine vessels such as ferries and cargo ships aren’t mass manufactured like cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

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

"Now I can talk about him as the former dock worker who loved nothing more than standing on King George Dock and watching the ferries go out."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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All the ferries had been withdrawn to the north bank, and the trading galleys had fled or been seized by the Imp to be made over for battie.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

Earlier this month, more than 300 fans attended an official Ali G lookalike competition, ferried around London on an open-top bus that stopped at landmarks including Big Ben, Leicester Square and Covent Garden.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

Near her chair, an escalator ferried people to and from the station’s lowest level, 230 feet underground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 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

Nathaniel grasped my hand and we watched as the gold sphere ferried Monsieur Blanchard and his little black dog away on the wind.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

One company makes electric cars that are inherently terrestrial, ferrying millions of drivers on roads around the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ships are ferrying almost as much crude oil out of the Strait of Hormuz as they were before the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now the constant rumble of construction machinery has been replaced by a steady stream of vans and golf carts ferrying people to and from the paddock for this weekend's races.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

But it’s also the school year, with every public school in the state open and parents already ferrying their children back and forth each day.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

Under the cloak of extreme secrecy, Soviet merchant ships began ferrying R-12 medium-range nuclear missile parts, launchers, and technicians to Cuba.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau


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