ferry
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Catalina residents’ day-to-day lives would also be impacted, as they would have to purchase pricey ferry tickets and travel to the mainland for even basic medical care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He said he had not seen any lifeboats aboard the ferry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Spanish officials said migrants who enter Ceuta cannot freely travel into the rest of Spain because identity checks remain in place before any ferry or air travel to the mainland.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
In another video Margerison, from Rochdale, recorded a tour of the bridge of the CalMac ferry Loch Seaforth, prompting the firm to suspend the popular visits.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
And then, from the stern of the ferry, I stood and watched him in the stern of the schooner, the distance between us lengthening, and I waved.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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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
Another 4,535 people were detected entering the UK without permission via other methods including hiding in vehicles, travelling on ferries or through airports from April 2025 to March 2026.
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
Moraig Lyall says tunnels which would be "cheaper in the long run" than ferries.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
We can look out at the sea and watch the ships and ferries coming in and out of the port and gaze at the sailors stretching their legs as they walk on land again.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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They ferried them on stretchers to waiting vehicles and ambulances near the entrance to the mine.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
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
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By 1858, the famous Butterfield stagecoaches were ferrying the mail through the cut over the pass, hazarding a vertiginous angle comparable with San Francisco’s Lombard Street, without the switchbacks.
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
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
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
So the whales pushed off and started ferrying the humans to shore.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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