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Translation was for him a ferrying across borders and a way of hearing one language estrange another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the lofty goal of ferrying humans to Mars and setting up colonies on the neighboring planet.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Luiz, a French cab driver ferrying festivalgoers around Cannes, does good impersonations of both a Long Island accent and a Southern drawl, said he loves talking with Americans.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

In March 2025, for example, he said unsupervised Tesla cars would be ferrying passengers across Austin, Texas, by that June and in “many” other U.S. cities by the end of 2025.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

“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