ferry
noun
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
are ferrying
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present progressiveof ferry.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Watch how aging tankers are ferrying sanctioned oil to China—evading U.S. enforcement through a web of deceptive tactics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Now under test in multiple cities, these self-driving taxis are designed to operate with no driver, and they are ferrying passengers in San Francisco and the Phoenix area.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
In Afghanistan, military aircraft are ferrying evacuees out of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport to U.S. military bases in the Middle East, where they are being processed for resettlement in other countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2021
County officials said 70 percent of the time, those wheelchair-accessible taxis are ferrying people who don’t use wheelchairs.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2014
“The Marines are ferrying him home on a military transport, after a quick stop at Shake Shack for something called a Shack Stack and a concrete.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
