Example Sentences

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Before the bridge closed, he had ferried some north to San Antonio, charging his usual fare, $150 for up to five people.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Mowlana distinctly remembers two of the first ICU patients in March were an Uber driver who had ferried tourists to and from the airport and a receptionist at a private hospital where out-of-towners were treated.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2020

Pilot Ara Zobayan had ferried Bryant constantly above the traffic-congested L.A. area.

From Washington Times • Jan. 29, 2020

He was flying the mother ship, called White Knight Two, that had ferried the rocket plane to around 50,000ft before releasing it to the sky.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2015

During the war, he had ferried hundreds of men, and the occasional female spy, across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson