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
  • In March 2024, the wreck of the steamship Milwaukee, which sank after colliding with another vessel in 1886, was found 360 feet below the water's surface in Lake Michigan.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 May 2025
  • On the Mississippi, where Mark Twain had once waited upriver for steamships from this city, all boat traffic had fallen silent.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The frames were built in Poland and shipped by a barge through the European river network to Marseille’s port on France’s southern coast for the contractor to pour the concrete to create 18 cubes.
    Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • These technologies include a bubble barrier that removes small fish trapped under barges or carried in their wake and an acoustic deterrent that creates painful sound waves.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Check out other travel tech deals, with portable chargers, clothing steamers, earbuds, and more on sale for up to 82 percent off.
    Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
  • Check out their roundup of products for a spa-like experience without leaving the house, from waffle bathrobes to facial steamers.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The first airline expected to receive a 777-9 in 2026, once the type is certified, will be Lufthansa, which has placed an order for 20 777-9s and seven 777-8 freighters.
    Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • That predecessor was wrecked May 9, 1980, when a freighter, lost in the vicious storm, broadsided the southbound span of the twin bridge and knocked down a 1,260-foot section of roadway.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Its data suggests the volume of crude oil and products, including refined fuels, in floating storage on tankers for seven days or longer has risen over the past month by 14% to more than 160 million barrels.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • The tanker continued into the median, struck the median wall then continued west, approximately one-tenth of a mile, igniting on fire.
    Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • Fish from the pier or take your own watercraft out.
    Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
  • Participants must bring their own watercraft, personal flotation device, whistle, and a white electric light.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 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
  • Other deals reportedly in the works include providing Starlink satellite internet services to companies in the Middle East and tunneling firm, the Boring Company, building a transport system underneath Dubai.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
  • Directed by Chris Sanders (known for How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch), the film, based on the books by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot follows a robot whose transport ship crashes in a tsunami, causing the robot to wash up on an island populated only by animals.
    Alex Apatoff, People.com, 29 May 2025

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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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