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n. - Transport by boat or aircraft.

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  • They don't really have jobs, though Horse is the one with responsibilities, such as ferrying Steven's farm animals to the local school (in his own car).
  • The choppers are used in more than 15 countries for tasks such as ferrying workers to and from offshore oil platforms and transporting government officials.
  • The Obama administration is leaning toward outsourcing major components of its space program, such as ferrying cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station.
  • "The US is working on the idea of ferrying cargo for Afghanistan via the Black Sea to the port of Poti in Georgia and then dispatching it through the territories of Georgia,
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