ferryboat
noun
fer·ry·boat
ˈfer-ē-ˌbōt 
ˈfe-rē-
: a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.
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Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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
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Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferryboat. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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ferryboat
noun
fer·ry·boat
ˈfer-ē-ˌbōt
: a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods
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