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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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Recent Examples of ferry
Fairchild Studio, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages of its ultra-cheap clothing from thousands of suppliers to tens of millions of customer mailboxes in 150 countries.
—Sachi Mulkey, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Leave the ferry, turn left and walk the paved pathway along the bay.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Verb
No one knows this better than Sonia Summers, founder and chief executive officer of Beauty Barrage, and her team of beauty retail experts who have ferried many of today’s leading beauty brands from launch to find lasting success at retail.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages of its ultra-cheap clothing from thousands of suppliers to tens of millions of customer mailboxes in 150 countries.
—Sachi Mulkey, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
Noun
The idea came to Willow one April day on the ferry from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Leave the ferry, turn left and walk the paved pathway along the bay.
—Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Pearsall turned upfield and raced Antoine Winfield Jr. down the sideline, stiff-arming the Tampa Bay safety and fighting off his tackle to reach the end zone just before being hauled out of bounds.Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The weapons were placed in a moving van and hauled away.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The deployment of the Shandong beyond the first island chain might explain the increase in Chinese military aircraft activity in airspace south of Taiwan since Sunday, as the aircraft carrier sailed in nearby waters while leaving the South China Sea for the Philippine Sea.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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On October 23, biologists put Moira on a boat, then sailed 8 miles out to sea.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 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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Emergency medical staff transported her to a local hospital, where she was given further treatment before returning to Alameda that day.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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But the United States has not attempted mass arrests of migrants since 1954, when border agents rounded up more than 1 million people living in Texas and California and forcibly transported them to Mexico.Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
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Perez said since 65% of the visitors to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show are from overseas, mainly Europe and Latin America, the development will draw from a global clientele of yacht owners and boating enthusiasts.Robert Frank, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024
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More than 26 miles long with over 110 miles of shoreline, the lake is water-sports central, filled with people boating, kayaking, wakeboarding, paddleboarding and parasailing.Catherine Garcia, The Week US, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
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Stephen is in a taxi; his obstacles are a chatty driver and roadworks.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The city has designated the 17th of each month as Ohtani Day, meaning bank workers, taxi drivers and civil servants go to work in their Dodgers garb.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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The company updated the Starlink shop with the new gear, which is meant to carry the V4 standard Starlink dish, a model that began rolling out about a year ago.& Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Wi-Fi: Free Nearby Attractions: Skiing and snowboarding Loyalty Programs: Sunshine Super Card Parking: Free — located at the bottom of the gondola.Laura Studarus, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2024
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Located just a few steps away from the downtown gondola, this polished property is perfect for ski season, with amenities like a dedicated concierge team and an on-site wine bar that’s particularly popular for après-ski.Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Ferry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferry. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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