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Recent Examples of ferryboat
Guests who crossed the Hudson River on ferryboats to Liberty Island included Madonna, Queen Latifah and the entertainment executive Michael Eisner.
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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
The Boat Trip: Etchings by Charles Francois Daubigny In 1857, French landscape painter Charles Francois Daubigny purchased a 27-foot ferryboat and converted it into a floating studio.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
So what’s a guy like Welsh doing musing about his mortality on a creaky ferryboat?
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2012
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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
The Boat Trip: Etchings by Charles Francois Daubigny In 1857, French landscape painter Charles Francois Daubigny purchased a 27-foot ferryboat and converted it into a floating studio.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 14 June 2023
So what’s a guy like Welsh doing musing about his mortality on a creaky ferryboat?
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferryboat
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In September of 1955, Marthe boards a steamship with two other fellows from France, both men, to make the five day trip across the Atlantic to Boston.—
Lorena Galliot,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2025
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More-efficient steam engines were deployed in new factories, trains and steamships.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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Under the city solicitation, the project would also include a new floating stage for performers to replace the converted barge that once hosted performers at the stadium.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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New England relies entirely on out-of-state fuel oil, which is primarily delivered by tankers, barges, pipelines, and trucks from the Midwest and Canada.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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The researchers stipulate that the steamer basket of eggs must be dunked into the boiling water for two minutes, then into the lukewarm water for two minutes—a switch that’s to be repeated eight total times before you’re cleared to run them under cold water and peel off the shells.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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To steam: Line steamer basket with steamer paper and place prepared dumplings in a single layer in the basket, with 1 inch between each.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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The freighter encountered 35-foot waves, snow and winds at 51 mph with gusts up to 66 mph.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Nov. 2024
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The 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) icebreaker was attempting to free the freighter Yamal Krechet from ice which was preventing it from reaching the port of Sabetta, in the Kara Sea, according to an expert.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Life in Gaza has been sustained by intermittent convoys of water tankers and trucks with cargoes of plastic bottles.—
Claudine Ebeid,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Recommended The Monitor's View A migrant debate cuts across the Americas When one such tanker was hit and destroyed, the battle group helped evacuate its Filipino crew to safety aboard the USS Eisenhower.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Jan. 2025
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His portfolio includes a 215-horsepower watercraft and the Snoped, an upright single-track snow bike with stark, boxy bodywork.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The firefighters used the watercraft to reach three hunters that had lost control of their boat and were unable to make it to shore.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Dec. 2024
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
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Two days later, on January 31, a medical transport plane crashed in Philadelphia, killing all six people on board and one person on the ground.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Six people were killed on Jan. 31 when a medical transport plane with six people onboard crashed near a Philadelphia shopping mall.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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