ferried

past tense of ferry
1
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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as in sailed
to travel on water in a vessel we're planning to ferry to several islands in the Lesser Antilles

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Recent Examples of ferried Treasury said Caspian had transported IRGC personnel and weapons to Syria and said Meraj had ferried illicit cargo, including weapons, to the Syrian government. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 But that requires arms with minor-league options who can be ferried between Triple-A Albuquerque and Denver. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026 The defunct Amtrak line, which ran more than 2,600 miles between Seattle and Chicago, ferried passengers to stops in Boise, Pocatello and Salt Lake City, winding along tracks that still carve through Idaho’s Snake River Plain today. — Rose Evans september 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026 The Pilot once ferried maritime pilots to larger ships in Boston Harbor. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas While Madilynn Becker has long since given up most of her rituals and superstitions, there was one that ferried her through her young pageant career. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 He’s now being ferried around the Ankara airport in a food service vehicle to a third aircraft, leaving the crew and other administration personnel to leave on a plane that was presumably under threat. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 In the mid 1800s, opulent steamers like the Albany ferried passengers across the Great Lakes to burgeoning Midwest cities. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 10 Aug. 2026 Middle Eastern producers have ferried cargoes out of the Gulf as part of a shuttle program put in place by several countries in the region. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The starting five that carried Atlanta to the playoffs last season — Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson, CJ McCollum and Onyeka Okongwu — returns.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • The Giants had a chance to take the lead after that but Dominic Zvada’s 44-yard field-goal attempt sailed wide right.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Needing 11 yards on fourth down to continue their drive and cut into a 23-7 Packers lead, Prescott narrowly avoided a sack before lofting a pass that sailed out the back of the end zone, not close to any particular Cowboys receiver.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • All of that material is currently hauled elsewhere for disposal, including round trips of about 200 miles to other biomass facilities.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • However, with five minutes left in regulation and Penn State threatening to score, Becht was hauled down while scrambling and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Michigan.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
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  • Officers found an unconscious adult man who was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The development reflects a broader shift in modern defense planning towards modular weapons systems that can be transported, repositioned, and integrated into different operational environments with fewer platform-specific modifications.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • And last year, the Justice Department sent a letter of warning to leaders in Asheville and Buncombe County, North Carolina, contemplating creating their own programs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Her supervisor told an FBI investigator that the then-26-year-old had sent him some concerning text messages and emails, according to an affidavit.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • On the score, rookie cornerback Mansoor Delane had ideal coverage and the Chiefs brought eight on a blitz.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Wildfires brought them home But for Baltzor, this year is already addin' up tough.
    — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

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“Ferried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ferried. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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