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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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The twentieth-century struggle for African independence began in Paris salons hosted by the daughters of elite blacks, then travelled by telegram and steamship.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Feb. 2025
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Infected rats likely brought the disease from steamships to the shore.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Last fall Vineyard Theatre premiered the Wind and the Rain: A Story About Sunny’s Bar, on a barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn.—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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On Saturday, dozens of spectators and journalists watched the tugs maneuver the barge into place while police kept boaters away from the site.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lavender bath and shower bombs: $5.87 Image 1 of 2 (Walmart) Throwing a bath bomb or shower steamer in your bath or shower is the perfect way to relax after a long day.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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There are also non-coffee drinks such as a chai latte, Italian soda, steamers and a fruit smoothie.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
Journal Sentinel,
27 Dec. 2024
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Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Chambers says oral history, passed on by Koh Samui locals, states the tanker was torpedoed by a submarine.—
Ronan O'Connell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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All tanker vessels will need to comply to reduce emissions in California ports by the beginning of 2027.—
Katie Fehrenbacher,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Paddlers must wear a personal flotation device and bring their own watercraft and whistle.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
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On Sunday, search and rescue teams were conducting methodical searches of an area north of the small city of Siletz, near the Siletz River, using divers, drones, dogs and watercraft, the sheriff's office said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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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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And in 2024, the country led the world in energy transition investment, accounting for two-thirds of the $2.1 trillion spent globally last year on everything from power grids to electric transport, according to BloombergNEF.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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Almost 500 trains were canceled and the disruption affected around 600,000 people at the Gare du Nord, the transport minister said.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Ferryboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferryboat. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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