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as in to haul
to support and take from one place to another
there are shuttle buses to ferry visitors from the parking lots to the fairground
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Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Nov. 2024
Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft will operate out of the racetrack's McAngus parking lot, and a complimentary tram will ferry attendees from McAngus to the circuit's Grand Plaza.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Oct. 2024
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The best of all might be Las Conchas on La Graciosa, a half-hour ferry ride from Órzola and then a bumpy ride along a dirt track on a bike or four-wheel drive.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
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Waymo, Cruise Tesla is trying to catch up to companies led by Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo that, unlike Musk’s automaker, have already been ferrying riders around in vehicles without anyone behind the wheel.
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Nov. 2024
Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft will operate out of the racetrack's McAngus parking lot, and a complimentary tram will ferry attendees from McAngus to the circuit's Grand Plaza.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Oct. 2024
Noun
The storm blanketed Seoul with 7.8 inches of snow, grounding flights, halting ferries, and snarling traffic.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The best of all might be Las Conchas on La Graciosa, a half-hour ferry ride from Órzola and then a bumpy ride along a dirt track on a bike or four-wheel drive.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
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Smith said hauling fossil fuels has long been a big source of their revenue, but is making up an increasingly smaller portion of their loads.Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
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In 1998, Moore founded a waste hauling company, Barry Moore Industries.The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Many of the incompletions were the result of his inaccuracy as Darnold sailed multiple passes toward the sideline and over the middle.The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who sailed to an easy reelection for his sixth term last year, announced that would be his final campaign.Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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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.Jeff Martini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
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On another ferryboat is the Constitution and all the state and local officials dedicated to upholding it.Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
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Maricopa County Department of Public Health officials transported the sick animals to the Arizona Department of Agriculture for testing which later indicated they were likely exposed to avian influenza.Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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He'll be transported to New York without returning to Huntingdon State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania.Avery Lotz, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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In addition to its main gatherings, the group organizes smaller activities like board game nights, walks and boating excursions.Christine Clarridge, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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Bodega Bay boating accident:Boys who survived mass shooting, father presumed dead Jude washed up empty beach in the dark Hours later, Jude washed up on the shore and waited for sunrise to climb a hill and make his way to a roadway.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2024
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As a result, Tokyo has begun to loosen some of its foreign labor laws, expanding the number of job categories eligible for medium- and long-term visas, and even offering taxi driver license exams in multiple languages.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Catch up quick: After sinking nearly 10 years and about $10 billion into developing a driverless taxi business, GM decided to refocus Cruise's technology toward building autonomous tech into GM's personal car business.Hope King, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Generally speaking, under president of baseball operations David Stearns, the club prefers to carry eight to 10 starting pitching options at the top levels of the organization.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Designed to carry nuclear warheads, the Oreshnik missile reaches Berlin in 15 minutes, London in 20.Thomas Bass Author, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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The resort features world-class infrastructure, including high-speed gondolas and chairlifts that ensure seamless access to its vast ski area.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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In a video obtained by PEOPLE, a visitor sitting on the Sky Screamer — also known as Supergirl Sky Flight — showed visitors sitting in gondolas as rain pelted them.Escher Walcott, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Ferry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferry. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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