fleet
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Other measures included an increase in Gatwick Express services from December and a programme to refurbish train toilets and remove graffiti across the fleet.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It plans to eventually fill out its fleet with the Cybercab, a designated robotaxi that went into production in late April, and retire the other vehicles.
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
Like Russia, Tehran operates a so-called shadow fleet of tankers, all of which are under international sanctions, to continue its oil trade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
For a long time hunted and hunter held their weird, fleet course, and the day was darkening fast.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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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
Tendulkar, still fleeter of foot than some of his peers, was the man in fruitless pursuit.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2011
And Pegasus, too, is run by meter, Being trolleyized to make him fleeter.
From Impertinent Poems by Edmund Vance Cooke
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
Joe Lapchick’s squads in the 1950s were among the fleetest in the game, but since then only a handful of Knicks team could reasonably be described as using an up-tempo offense.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2016
Never mind that other established players, such as Sacramento Kings all-star center DeMarcus Cousins, have dubbed him the league’s fleetest.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2015
"I'm not the fleetest of foot but I was just fast enough to get there."
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2015
A pony and an old mule composed the entire stud of the prince, who formerly took peculiar pleasure in possessing the stoutest chargers of Guelderland, and the fleetest genets of Cordova.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
Kodiak’s “virtual driver” system, which is designed to be integrated across fleets, logged more than 40,000 paid driverless hours across 35 trucks during the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In the southern city of Yangsan, where the mercury hit a historic high of 42.5C on Sunday, fleets of sprinkler trucks have been roaming the streets, spraying water onto sun-baked roads.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The aircraft isn’t the only one of its kind, but its capacity, rapid refilling rate and relatively small size have made it the cornerstone of European firefighting fleets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
And others, the biggest and most financially stable fleets, were able to travel farther north to look for the crabs, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The end of China’s treasure fleets gives us a clue.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Another day of hiding and a night of journey had fleeted by.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The washerwomen hailed us laughingly, and the noise of trees and water made an accompaniment to our dozing thoughts, as we fleeted down the stream.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
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
“I had rather count on Aunt,” said Flora, with one of her rare and adorable smiles, which fleeted as it came.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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
Once the fear wears off and the road becomes home, the group develops its own rituals and routines, but maintains its connection to what came before all this, however fleeting it may be.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
As Alex watched his dog chase the stick again, a fleeting thought briefly darkened his mood, like a cloud passing over the sun.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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