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Most container ships using the NSR need to be escorted by Russia's fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Security analysts said similar missile drills have been held before and are designed to rehearse Russia’s defense of the Sea of Okhotsk, an area vital for Russia’s fleet of ballistic missile submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Tesla “also noted that further Model Y additions to the robotaxi fleet are being limited, reflecting management’s conviction in the near-term scalability of Cybercab,” added Gupta, who rates Tesla’s stock at neutral.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

As the sun dips below the horizon, a fleet of onlookers on jet skis and boats idle on the water to catch a peek of the vivacious scene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Graves’s fleet could not reach Cornwallis without first breaking through the French fleet.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

A new director, Warren Carlyle, has streamlined the show, shaving 20 minutes of running time through a combination of textual cuts and fleeter scenic design choices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Something kind of similar is happening in the fleeter, more escapist Arrow and The Flash, two ongoing series on the CW based on DC Comics characters.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2015

That’s why it’d make more sense for the big-hitting Bernard Pollard to start ahead of the fleeter Tom Zbikowski.

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2011

Tendulkar, still fleeter of foot than some of his peers, was the man in fruitless pursuit.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2011

They all broke into a run, and, as they were younger and fleeter, they were soon at the fellow’s heels.

From The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out by Spencer Davenport

Utah also plays at the sixth-slowest pace in the league, in part because Gobert is a dominant half-court defender who isn’t the fleetest of foot end to end.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2020

The stagecraft by which customers who just a minute ago were getting the closest of shaves are removed isn’t the fleetest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2019

This is the fleetest, funniest and — in keeping with its adolescent protagonist — most sophomoric of the volumes translated into English thus far.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2015

"I'm not the fleetest of foot but I was just fast enough to get there."

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2015

He taught her to ride his fleetest steed At a five-barred fence, or a ditch at need, And the Captain's horses, his hounds, and his child Were famous from sea to forests wild.

From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various

While seat-back screens have remained a stalwart feature on planes that fly lengthy international journeys, many airline executives for years were convinced they weren’t worth having on their domestic fleets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Unlike the Hollywood Bowl, which has fleets of shuttles ready to go, F&M Bank Amphitheater’s shuttle operation felt a bit leaner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

At Geek+'s factory in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, which the BBC visited, fleets of the robots are built and tested before being shipped to warehouses around the world.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

That offset a 56% year-over-year drop for Ford EVs, and a 5% year-over-year revenue decline for Ford Pro, the company’s division dedicated to commercial vehicles and fleets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

I keep my eyes peeled for flashing lights, fleets of runners, and blue-uniformed officers.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

Another day of hiding and a night of journey had fleeted by.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The expression of indecision still fleeted across his face; he seemed as if weighing his thoughts in the balance, and the considerations he was revolving left him still silent.

From The House of Souls by Arthur Machen

And so the vision fleeted, and Byfield’s language claimed attention.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

"Even as I stood with raptured eye, Absorbed in bliss so deep and dear, My hour of rest had fleeted by, And back came labour, bondage, care."

From Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

The bog ditches fleeted by at some twelve miles an hour; they were the softest, blackest, and deepest that I have ever seen, and I thanked heaven that I was not in my red coat.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross

Researchers in Japan have captured an extraordinarily fast electronic transformation inside a metal-organic framework, observing a fleeting state and the hidden state that followed within just 30 femtoseconds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

"The reality is that these years in your kids' lives are so fleeting, and I'm super aware of the time," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Meyers proceeds to tell an astonished Ed that he’s a huge fan of his long-forgotten 1979 poetry collection entitled “Way Past Go,” the postal worker’s fleeting brush with literary success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

In an era of British politics defined by fleeting tenure, the sound engineer at No. 10 Downing Street is a rare symbol of institutional continuity—and good looks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The boles of the trees glowed with a soft green like young grass: early spring or a fleeting vision of it was about them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien