flotilla
Example Sentences
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The U.S.’s most advanced aircraft carrier is in the region, along with a flotilla of warships and a force of Marines.
One of Mr. Sunak’s most immediate challenges is cutting down the flotilla of small boats carrying asylum seekers across the channel.
From New York Times
Thousands of people at both airports sat amid a flotilla of bags, trying to figure out what to do.
From Los Angeles Times
They patched together a flotilla of 300 boats, including large fishing vessels, rowboats and kayaks, and began furtively ferrying Jews on a voyage to Sweden that could last three hours.
From New York Times
And the sum is that the Nats have a worst-in-baseball roster with a minor league system that has some promising players but not a flotilla that can survive individual injuries or underperformance.
From Washington Post
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