flotilla
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Costumed participants danced and waved from a colourful flotilla of 80 decorated vessels as they made their way through the city's waterways.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Sun leads with reports of a "dinghy flotilla in Channel", writing that the boats carried "up to 1,000 migrants headed for Britain".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
I instead recall coasting past a flotilla of icebergs in Alaska’s Glacier Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The warning was issued in a December 2025 report by New Zealand's Defence Force and Ministry of Foreign Affairs while they were monitoring a People's Liberation Army navy flotilla in the Philippine Sea.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Another deserted the flotilla and returned to Spain.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The country is not facing flotillas of small boats arriving from the North Sea or the Baltic.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
This battle between Team USA and Europe at Bethpage Black is also a proxy war between rival flotillas of wonks and analysts who advise both teams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2025
There are no bald billionaires in super yachts or reality TV stars in flotillas of private jets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
A joint command center with officials from all four parties will be set up immediately in Istanbul to monitor every movement of the flotillas.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
The meadows are on a level with the sea; the distant villages look like flotillas at anchor, and the houses seem to be floating on the canals.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
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