fleet

Example Sentences

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The airline operates a fleet of more than 400 aircraft and runs thousands of domestic flights daily, as well as some international routes.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Fortescue—the world’s fourth-largest producer of iron ore—operates roughly 470 miles of rail in remote northwest Australia, with a fleet of 70 locomotives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

His body was found inside the unlocked SUV three days later when Wenrick told the fleet maintenance crew to take the patrol cars to get washed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Some of the few ships that are traversing the Strait of Hormuz are part of the so-called shadow fleet of vessels flouting sanctions on oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Washington believed that the French were building a fleet of canoes “to convey their Forces down in the Spring.”

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