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  • noun Plural form of ferry.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ferry.

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Examples

  • I think most of the complaints about the wakes caused by the ferries is from the residents living along Point White Drive, BBI.

    Sound Politics: Kitsap County Foot-Ferry Tax 2007

  • I would also be interested in ferries going to other Mexican states on the gulf coast or anywhere relatively near the Yucatan.

    Ferries to Mexico 2002

  • Though the ferries were the most organized aspect of the festival and carted fans back to Manhattan as fast as possible past more boring and expensive public art, it was still a total drag waiting in line like cattle only to be shoved on a boat with other semi-aggravated indie-rock fans.

    All Points West: What Was I Doing in New Jersey?: Bill Bradley Bradley, Bill 2008

  • Would it have not been more convenient and safer to capture one of the cross-Channel ferries from a French or English port, or the Hovercraft out of Boulogne or Calais?

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • Would it have not been more convenient and safer to capture one of the cross-Channel ferries from a French or English port, or the Hovercraft out of Boulogne or Calais?

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • The ferries are the only way off the island, except for those with private boats or aircraft.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • The ferries are the only way off the island, except for those with private boats or aircraft.

    KTBS.com - Local News 2010

  • The ferries are a necessity because of the Bosphorus -- the strait that halves Istanbul, running between the Asian and European sides of the city, and connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea (via the Marmara Sea).

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Being from the island, I travel back and forth to visit my family, and have come to realize that riding the ferries is a waste of time and money.

    Beyond Robson 2010

  • The other side reminds us the ferries are a part of the highway system that must be funded, even though they moved there voluntarily and are ...

    The Seattle Times 2010

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