ferry
noun
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
has ferried
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present perfectof ferry (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The ship has ferried dozens of people and the submersible craft to the North Atlantic wreck site, where the Titan has made multiple dives.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
In the decades since, it has ferried billions of people around the globe.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
For years SpaceX has ferried cargo and supplies to the space station, and more recently astronauts.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2021
For five years, the brightly colored bus, which takes its name from the Aboriginal word for "sun," has ferried commuters, students and tourists across Adelaide, cutting carbon emissions in Australia's fifth-largest city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2013
The daughter of a great chief has ferried me across the river, and I have given her my photograph.
From Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent by Horatio Alger
