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fleet

[fleet] / flit /




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Last month, a team of cyber sleuths with roots in California reported detecting a "fleet" of agents linked to Chinese tech giant Tencent seeking information from a map app.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

To satisfy CARB, Disney has agreed to electrify the fleet by early next year, which will require redesigning the ride at who knows what cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Find insight on Apollo’s proposed takeover of easyJet, the U.S. barge fleet and more in the latest Market Talks covering the auto and transport sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The carrier said in the filing they will "progressively replace" its existing fleet of mid-size widebody aircraft, and primarily serve regional destinations in Asia.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

“We must have fought with half the Pacific fleet during that week and a half,” Bull said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

She is fleeter and sharper than the old men who surround her, although she lacks their earthy humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The Rams defense will try to neutralize the 44-year-old Brady, who is not as mobile as younger, fleeter quarterbacks but remains a master at moving in the pocket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2022

The sound here builds upon the duo’s older work in two ways: It feels slightly fleeter, and more oriented toward the dance floor, and many of the lyrics have a darker tinge to them.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2018

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

In this way I got closer to the marvellous lines of the actor's face, and was enabled to read and record the subtler, fleeter shadows of his expression.

From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

He is just about the fastest marathoner alive, and so much faster than everyone else in the race, even if this marathon does not necessarily favor the fleetest in the field.

From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021

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

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

From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2015

Thirty-four of the planet’s fleetest of foot - 20 men and 14 women from the United States and eight other countries - are in the hunt.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2015

Mary Flannigan, singularly ungraceful but a real racer, with flapping arms and bowed legs, could get over the ice faster than the fleetest boy from Hill-Top.

From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed

Bhattacharya said commercial fleets could provide the next breakthrough.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Firms which run shared e-bike schemes will also be expected to manage their fleets better and provide designated parking areas to keep pavements safe.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

U.S. adversaries meanwhile “built fleets at a pace not seen in generations,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

But police forces are fighting back, and are employing increasingly sophisticated ways to tackle e-bike related crime including drones and their own fleets of e-motorbikes.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

That way, when you saw a tire track in the dirt, you knew instantly if it belonged to the great fleets of Kamkwamba Toyota, for instance, or Gilbert Company LTD.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

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

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

Excited by the thousand novel and dazzling objects, the hours fleeted away like minutes; and it was late before they had executed or even formed any plans.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad

The fingers had closed upon him, and he had torn them apart, had thrust death away, had clutched life as it fleeted from him and had drawn it back to hold for the time being.

From The Snow-Burner by Henry Oyen

There was something lyrical about the “dirty ship” as with the buoyancy of her cargoless holds she fleeted to the south.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Edmund Blunden

So they fleeted the too-short time in the sparkling blue and white world, drinking the air like celestial wine.

From The Invader A Novel by Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa) Woods

Genji mourns his wife in a poem: “Crying as geese cry, I made my way home again in a fleeting world / where no creature ever finds a haven beyond time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The result is a fleeting droplet of primordial matter.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

This is partly why those ripped-from-the-headlines streaming documentaries are so popular: They reflect stories that are buzzy but fleeting, perfect for those whose attention spans are already shot.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

The hope for a Dodgers comeback in the National League Championship Series was fleeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

These are fleeting moments of private disquiet, only dispelled by abandoning herself to the joy and excitement of those around her.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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