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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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Michigan Shipwreck Research Association That discovery was announced just weeks after the 1886 wreck of the steamship Milwaukee was found more than 350 feet below the surface in Lake Michigan.CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The expedition team's next target using the Hydrus technology is the wreck of the luxury passenger steamship SS Koombana, which disappeared somewhere off Port Hedland en route to Broome during a tropical cyclone in 1912, with 150 on board presumed to have perished.Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2024
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The Federal Aviation Administration also temporarily grounded the Falcon 9 fleet after one of its reusable boosters fell over and burned while landing on an offshore barge in the Atlantic Ocean.Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
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On Thursday, a large barge could be seen working out near the pier, where the contractor Manson Construction is setting up to restart the sand replenishment project as early as next week.Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024
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Invigorate Shower Steamers Gift Set $28 Uncommon Goods Ending a long day with a nice shower and steamers is a lovely way to wind down (especially in the winter).Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024
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Let the steamer cool before repeating the process and then dry with a microfiber cloth. 5.Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
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Deliveries of all 737 Max planes as well as freighter models have been halted by the strike.Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Max, as well as two freighter models, the 777F and 767F, are built in unionized plants shut down by the strike.Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
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Of course not, but the captain has told the wheelhouse to turn the supper tanker.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The tanker, however, will remain empty of any nuclear materials during its three-week test run.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
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The military has also deployed a warship to Valencia, bringing helicopters, watercraft, trucks, food and emergency supplies.Atika Shubert, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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One drawback of battery-electric watercraft lies in the fact that their batteries take a relatively long time to charge.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 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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He was based at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he was assigned to the 102nd Intelligence Wing as a cyber transport systems journeyman.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Governments should support and incentivize organisations to implement Sustainable Development Goals into their operations, and policies around public transport and waste management can also help businesses lower their environmental footprint.Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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