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Hunting down the shadow fleet offers Ukraine a number of strategic advantages in its fight against the Russian invasion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The shadow fleet exposes a specific pressure point on the Russian financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The company envisions a fleet that could generate billions in annual revenue and reported that 675 people had reserved flights at a cost of $750,000 a ticket by the end of last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

On its July earnings call, Amazon said it expected to more than double its robotic-arm fleet in 2026.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

We heard a great cheer go up from the rest of the fleet upon its appearance, as were we delivered.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

“Drive My Car” is a three-hour drama that seems lighter and fleeter than some two-hour ones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

Some tempos, freshly rethought, were fleeter than you usually hear; other passages were nobly expansive.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2015

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

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

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2011

I suggested larger and fleeter ships, to shorten travel on the ocean.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by George Francis Train

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

Calderon, whose contract runs through next season, has never been the fleetest afoot, and his defense has not aged well.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2016

"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

They all swam towards it, and Sahasra Dal, being the fleetest swimmer, got it.

From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

“The biggest online retailers and grocers are racing ahead, building their own delivery fleets, warehouses, membership programs, and AI shopping assistants,” the companies said in their release.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Companies at the forefront of drone deliveries say they are also working to reduce the noise of their fleets.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Federal agencies are teaming up with startups to deploy floating power barges and nuclear cargo fleets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Pacific Island countries with small populations have struggled to patrol millions of kilometres of Pacific Ocean to combat illegal fishing fleets from Asia and the passage of "narco subs" deployed from South America.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

One decision stopped fleets over the whole of China.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

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

Each grace that fleeted unobserved away, Starts into life when those it deck'd decay; Regret fresh beauty on the corse bestows, And self-reproach is mingled with our woes.

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by John Lyde Wilson

And now, as they drove Southward, day and night, Through storm and calm, the shores that fleeted by Grew wilder, grander, with his growing soul, And pregnant with the approaching mystery.

From Collected Poems Volume One by Alfred Noyes

The old word for float: as "we fleeted down the river with our boats;" and Shakspeare makes Antony say, "Our sever'd navy too Have knit again, and fleet, threat'ning most sea-like."

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

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

The result is a fleeting droplet of primordial matter.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mr. Seger’s nocturnal songs about romantic summers, fleeting love and teenage boredom stirred the imaginations of aging rock fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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

By comparison, meeting with elected elites, whose fleeting power depends on the whims of the populace, reminds him all too much of his own limitations.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Just the fleeting thought makes my heart soar for what will no longer happen.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera