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Recent Examples of flotilla
The Pentagon extended the deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group and ordered a second flotilla to the Middle East, Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed Tuesday.
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Davis Winkie, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
The profile of the activist — Ramón Saúl Sánchez, known for leading protest flotillas to Cuba — was scrapped.
—Frances Robles, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
To circumvent this potential Mars landing showstopper, Zubrin says, SpaceX could instead dispatch a flotilla led by one colossal Starship accompanied by a retinue of smaller Starboats.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, the flotilla was in the Sunda Strait, an Indonesian waterway.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Davis Winkie, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
The profile of the activist — Ramón Saúl Sánchez, known for leading protest flotillas to Cuba — was scrapped.
—Frances Robles, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
To circumvent this potential Mars landing showstopper, Zubrin says, SpaceX could instead dispatch a flotilla led by one colossal Starship accompanied by a retinue of smaller Starboats.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, the flotilla was in the Sunda Strait, an Indonesian waterway.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flotilla
Noun
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The Israel Defense Forces claimed the convoy was moving suspiciously, without headlights or flashing lights, toward Israeli troops and that members of the emergency teams were militants.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, a U.N. convoy tried to reach the site but encountered Israeli troops opening fire on people.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Four out of five golf courses do not have built-in GPS’s on their carts and in addition to selling to individuals, Pinned is eyeing fleets sales.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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By that point the artist was far from Paris, in retreat from the Revolution, and the new paintings have a fleet, delirious, shut-in feel as if produced in a fever.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Black heroes of the 555th did participate with their White brothers-in-arms for the 1946 victory parade in New York City even before the Army and the rest of the military was desegregated.—
Sabrina Clay,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Each spring for more than 60 years, this colorful parade has celebrated Hellenic culture with traditional costumes, music and dance.—
Jennifer Day,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Other key neutrals are navy (especially paired with crimson), olive (for a pop of nostalgic color) and gray and black.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Chinese already had a navy and an air force, but flying aircraft from ships required a whole new skill set for both.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Booker and the procession of Senate colleagues who asked him questions referenced this and other appointments in their remarks.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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Leading the procession are celebrants donning capgrossos (giant headpieces) in the shape of both calçots and the ingredients to the sauce that accompanies the calçots (garlic, olive oil, vinegar, etc.).—
Naomi Tomky,
AFAR Media,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Yet the size of the Kremlin’s ICBM armada is many times larger, say the worldwide nuclear weapons monitors at the Federation of American Scientists.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The armada includes a basket on wheels that can collect rebounds and pass balls to players, other robots that can stand in as defenders and a collection of Spot robots from Boston Dynamics.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Flotilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flotilla. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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