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ferry

[fer-ee] / ˈfɛr i /
NOUN
transportation boat
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Earlier this week the ferry operator CalMac paused bridge visits on its vessels after a passenger used "smart glasses" to film without permission.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

"There's not a soul around," Cecile Maumy said the the Cap-Ferret ferry terminal.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

The government-owned ferry firm runs daily sailings between the island and Lancashire and Liverpool, along with regular sailings to Larne in Northern Ireland.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

At least 41 people died after a ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana over the weekend, the government said Tuesday.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The point of view switches to show the ferry, gliding across the bright blue water.

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

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

In recent weeks, Ukraine has hit ferries, bridges and highways connecting Crimea and Russian-occupied mainland Ukraine with Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Like thousands of smugglers in Balochistan, Mazaar, whose name we've changed for his safety, ferries fuel to other open-air markets and unofficial petrol stations.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Downstream, conunoners and highborn captains alike could see the hot green death swirling toward their rafts and carracks and ferries, borne on the current of the Blackwater.

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

Boats have ferried more than 400 people so far from the Cap Ferret peninsula that stretches along France's Atlantic coast west of the city of Bordeaux, city authorities said.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 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

These barrels were increasingly ferried out by ships that sailed “dark.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Firefighters ferried in personnel, equipment and pallets of supplies by boat amid gusty winds and rough seas as they raced to save sensitive wildlife, including the continent’s rarest species of pine tree.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

For instance, during the War, after the pipelines were blown up, he and his classmates had ferried water up to the girls’ dorm, each leaving his bucket at the door of a particular resident.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

The sides of the shuttle buses ferrying Open fans to Royal Birkdale are plastered with a picture of Tommy Fleetwood holding the Claret Jug.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

US helicopters have been ferrying in aid and US Marines have used a landing craft to deliver supplies from the USS Fort Lauderdale, an amphibious transport dock ship docked at La Guaira.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Watch how aging tankers are ferrying sanctioned oil to China—evading U.S. enforcement through a web of deceptive tactics.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Luiz, a French cab driver ferrying festivalgoers around Cannes, does good impersonations of both a Long Island accent and a Southern drawl, said he loves talking with Americans.

From Salon May 22, 2026

They were building a cook fire, and a legless man, who propelled himself on a little cart, was ferrying vegetables to a large stew pot.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer




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