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When dead animals start showing up around town, a superstitious ferryman claims he’s seen the Mansfield girls shapeshift into feral hounds.
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Shannon Carlin, Time, 22 May 2025
The name of the ferryman was Charon, a dark figure with fiery eyes, who required you to pay a toll.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Kentridge likens the captain to the ferryman, Charon, in Greek mythology transporting the dead across the river Styx to the underworld.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Jetting from here to the ferry crossing where Booth and Herold made their passage, Stanton receives a hot tip from a ferryman who witnessed Booth’s performance.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
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Shannon Carlin, Time, 22 May 2025
The name of the ferryman was Charon, a dark figure with fiery eyes, who required you to pay a toll.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Kentridge likens the captain to the ferryman, Charon, in Greek mythology transporting the dead across the river Styx to the underworld.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Jetting from here to the ferry crossing where Booth and Herold made their passage, Stanton receives a hot tip from a ferryman who witnessed Booth’s performance.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for ferryman
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“Ferryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ferryman. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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