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  • verb Present participle of ferry.

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  • noun transport by boat or aircraft

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Examples

  • These giant planes might be useful, to some limited extent, in ferrying some logistics, but Israel and its likely area of operations are not so big that they will be all that important.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » U.S. Denying Entry Visas to People Who Work on Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Reactor? 2010

  • This place is now called Velabrum, because during the frequent overflowings of the river, people used there to be ferried over to the market-place; now they call ferrying _velatura_.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • The fund is focused on people who worked on the rigs drilling those wells, not people who provided support services, such as ferrying supplies to them, said Mukul Verma, a foundation spokesman.

    Gulf Oil Spill: BP Says Time For 'Scaleback' Of Cleanup Efforts 2010

  • Used in more than 15 countries for tasks such as ferrying workers to and from offshore oil platforms and transporting government officials, the helicopters include advanced safety features such as energy-absorbing seats, bird-strike protection systems and anti-icing equipment for rotors.

    FAA Sets Immediate Fixes for Some Sikorsky Helicopters 2009

  • The Obama administration is leaning toward outsourcing major components of its space program, such as ferrying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: August 2009 Archives 2009

  • A blue-ribbon panel is recommending that NASA shelve its goal of rapidly returning to the moon and instead focus on nurturing a robust commercial space industry that can handle short-term objectives of the nation's space program, such as ferrying cargo and crew to the international space station.

    Panel Urges NASA to Reset Priorities 2009

  • They don't really have jobs, though Horse is the one with responsibilities, such as ferrying Steven's farm animals to the local school (in his own car).

    Marshall Fine: Huff Post Review: A Town Called Panic animated delight 2009

  • The Obama administration is leaning toward outsourcing major components of its space program, such as ferrying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station.

    Start-Ups Are Poised For Latest Space Race 2009

  • The choppers are used in more than 15 countries for tasks such as ferrying workers to and from offshore oil platforms and transporting government officials.

    FAA May Ground Sikorsky Helicopters 2009

  • The weather that was unsuited, however, for fishing, was very suitable for "ferrying" to the steamer; and when that all-important duty was done, the comparative calm that prevailed was just the thing for the work of the _Sunbeam_.

    The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea 1859

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