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fleet

adjective as in quick in movement

noun as in group of ships

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And we end the interview on a philosophical note - as he recites "They are not long, the days of wine and roses" from an Ernest Dowson poem and muses on the fleeting nature of life.

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There had been fleeting moments of joy in the past but, for many years, never anything like this.

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By mid-afternoon on Friday, a fleet of military helicopters flew into Black River - with many hoping they came with desperately needed supplies.

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As is so often the case, analog objects yield absorption and study, while their digital counterparts receive our fleeting attention—consulted quickly and then forgotten.

“Our locomotive fleet is now middle of the pack in the industry, and really importantly, we are much more efficient now in the way that we deploy and execute on our capital program,” executives say.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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