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as in carried
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 ferried
The smuggling ring ferried cigarettes, tobacco, mobile phones and other goods into Gaza, and its members divided profits from the sales.
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Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Waiters inside carried ferried dishes during lunch rush, including Carlotta’s Chicken Mole and shrimp tamales.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Three twelve-foot-tall orange excavators took bites out of a mound of snow and ferried it to the hot tub.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Musk has previously posted on social media that he has been ferried around Austin in a Tesla robotaxi without a safety monitor.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
At the time of the fatwa, Gibney’s movie shows, Rushdie went into a kind of itinerant hiding in England, ferried by intelligence services from location to location.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
The trainees nonetheless followed much of the usual syllabus, being ferried daily to one or other of the big Palestinian refugee camps under PFLP control for lectures and drills in unarmed combat and very basic weapons handling.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Rhoades was captured by Sutter County sheriff’s deputies along the riverbank in the hours after Lyons’ discovery and ferried to the Feather River boat dock where Lyons’ family, law enforcement and news reporters waited.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Emily steps out wearing fabulous sunglasses to be ferried away by Marcello to lunch with his mother.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Waiters inside carried ferried dishes during lunch rush, including Carlotta’s Chicken Mole and shrimp tamales.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Three twelve-foot-tall orange excavators took bites out of a mound of snow and ferried it to the hot tub.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
Musk has previously posted on social media that he has been ferried around Austin in a Tesla robotaxi without a safety monitor.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 3 Feb. 2026
At the time of the fatwa, Gibney’s movie shows, Rushdie went into a kind of itinerant hiding in England, ferried by intelligence services from location to location.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
The trainees nonetheless followed much of the usual syllabus, being ferried daily to one or other of the big Palestinian refugee camps under PFLP control for lectures and drills in unarmed combat and very basic weapons handling.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Rhoades was captured by Sutter County sheriff’s deputies along the riverbank in the hours after Lyons’ discovery and ferried to the Feather River boat dock where Lyons’ family, law enforcement and news reporters waited.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Emily steps out wearing fabulous sunglasses to be ferried away by Marcello to lunch with his mother.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferried
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In the wake of the performer’s collaboration with comedian Kevin Hart on a freewheeling highlights show carried by Peacock throughout the 2021 Tokyo Games, Solomon sought to give Snoop a more hands-on role in the City of Light.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Following the previous quarters in 2025, similar product styles carried the growth, including the Gel-1130, the Gel-NYC and Gel-Kayano shoes.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The couple sailed to the Bahamas on Royal Caribbean International’s Wonder of the Seas specifically to visit Royal Beach Club Paradise Island, which opened in December.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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Her skis sailed out from under her.—
Will Graves,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Enter Tyrannio, a Greek specialist in literature and libraries, owner of some 30,000 scrolls and famed expert on Aristotle — in fact, the same man responsible for restoring the philosopher’s tattered library after it was hauled to Rome.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Seals hauled out on the edges of the open water.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Over two partial days and one full day of fishing – roughly 15 hours total – the three of us boated 53 catfish up to 25 pounds.—
Brad Dokken,
Twin Cities,
29 Aug. 2025
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Many of the 30,000 tourists last year who boated down the Paraguay River beside the Serra do Amolar, about 60 miles downriver from Porto Jofre, were guests on liveaboard fishing charters.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The woman, who was reported to be unresponsive but breathing, was rescued by helicopter and transported to a hospital in Idaho.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Officers then transported him to the Joliet Police Department, where he was processed on six counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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El Salvador has received about 250 Venezuelan nationals in March last year, while the other nations received far fewer deportees, ranging from 29 sent to Equatorial Guinea to none sent to Palau so far, according to the report.—
STEPHEN GROVES,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Last week, the Clippers traded Paul to the Toronto Raptors as part of a three-team deal that sent Ochai Agbaji to the Nets.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
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On Wednesday, the Nets agreed to a multi-team deal with the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors that sent Chris Paul to Toronto and brought Ochai Agbaji, a 2032 Raptors second-round pick and cash considerations to Brooklyn.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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With the help of interior decorator Poplak, Diana brought a bright high-English style to her three-story marital home.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Ferried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferried. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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