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flotilla

[floh-til-uh] / floʊˈtɪl ə /
NOUN
small fleet
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The remains of a sunken Hungarian cargo ship resurfaced in Croatia, while the hulks of a German river flotilla was seen in Serbia.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

I instead recall coasting past a flotilla of icebergs in Alaska’s Glacier Bay.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

As a flotilla of tall ships glided by behind him, he asked Americans to "reject the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country."

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

There was no warning from the Iranian navy to the ships on radio or telling them to turn back, according to the seafarers in the flotilla.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

With Nixonian cunning, Calliope unwrapped and flushed away a flotilla of unused Tampax.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The country is not facing flotillas of small boats arriving from the North Sea or the Baltic.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

And their experience was actually quite mellow compared to other flotillas because of how social media had been reacting to it.

From Slate Sep. 29, 2025

This battle between Team USA and Europe at Bethpage Black is also a proxy war between rival flotillas of wonks and analysts who advise both teams.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 26, 2025

There are no bald billionaires in super yachts or reality TV stars in flotillas of private jets.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2023

Save for rare excursions on the part of the German torpedo flotillas and the occasional "sweeps" of Beatty's light cruisers and destroyers nothing afloat was likely to pass that way.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman




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