ferryboat

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Recent Examples of ferryboat On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it. Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024 Music at the Maritime, a quarterly concert series performed aboard one of the museum’s historic world-class ships, the 1898 steam ferryboat Berkeley. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024 Guests who crossed the Hudson River on ferryboats to Liberty Island included Madonna, Queen Latifah and the entertainment executive Michael Eisner. Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023 The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for ferryboat
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Noun
  • Told in first-person narrative with archival photos, the 225-page coffee-table book covers the family’s many setbacks and triumphs dating back to the early 1890s, when Jessop’s great-grandparents arrived in San Diego via steamship, rail and horsedrawn buggy.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The wooden steamship — which measured 95 feet and weighed 82 gross tons — was built in 1873 in Stockton, New South Wales, according to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The barges appear to be connected in a continuous span, with the lead ship's ramp extended past the beach.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In the one-minute trailer, Kian dreams up the island in sketches that come to life on the small platform that features a colorful climbing wall on the floating barge in the middle of the ocean.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While steaming, be sure to hold the steamer nozzle upright so hot water doesn't spill or dribble out.
    Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
  • What is the difference between a (portable) steamer and iron?
    Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Chris Cook, Maersk’s managing director for South Asia, told the Economic Times that the company would explore the potential and feasibility of investing in dedicated air freighters and partnerships in the green fuel segment in India.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • With past tanker seizures straining relations between Tehran and Washington, the move could escalate tensions further.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But deploying firefighters, helicopters and water tankers is often based on human decisions.
    Devendra Goyal, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Beyond that, the guidance is similar to what would apply on any beach vacation: never swim alone, watch out for watercraft, beware of sharks.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Some less gory options: Battleship Cove, which houses five historic U.S. naval ships and other watercraft, and the Children's Museum.
    Steph Solis, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • Plans for air support had been scuttled for various reasons, but several armored transports are on the way to evacuate them from the area.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
  • BlackRock has long been invested heavily in infrastructure — which can be hard for individual investors to access — but Powell said mass transport and shipping infrastructure offered areas of opportunity in a time of likely mounting inflation.
    Natasha Turak, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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