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Recent Examples of ferryboat
The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor.
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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
That new platform, Ashley said, would be located where the Berkeley, an 1898 steam ferryboat, is currently docked.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
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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
That new platform, Ashley said, would be located where the Berkeley, an 1898 steam ferryboat, is currently docked.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferryboat
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The pistons, belts, and pulleys create the ambience of an engine room on a steamship, as clumps of fiber are separated and realigned into uniform fabric.Shane C Kurup, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hartley offers a fascinating account of the logistics of navigating the Volga before the introduction of steamships, including the herculean work of barge haulers, who had to drag boats upstream.Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
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There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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That’s why some flight attendants choose to invest in a portable travel steamer to help keep their uniforms wrinkle-free while away from home.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
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They’re often stuffed with either shrimp or pork, wrapped in banana leaf to prevent them from sticking to one another, and thrown into a steamer.Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
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Skip the redundant backstory and give us more freighter action with Captain Galt, Keamy, and Minkowski.Michael Alan Connelly, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Today, South Korean journalists, scholars, and think tankers, as well as several members of the ruling party, publicly ask the same thing.Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
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The tanker crossed the Estlink 2 power cable at the exact time the disruption was reported on Christmas Day.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Paddlers must bring their watercraft, a personal flotation device such as a life jacket, and a whistle.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Initially used for kamikaze-style missions, credited with destroying several Russian vessels, these drones now carry their own weapons and can engage both watercraft and aircraft.Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 18 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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These biofuels can reduce emissions across various modes of transport, including trucks, ships and planes.Umberto Cavallaro, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Millennium Park is half an hour away via public transport.Angela Serratore, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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