flotilla
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He managed to save the girls, including Evie Lindley, by creating a flotilla of mattresses for them to shelter on while the water rose nearly to the ceiling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
A flotilla of vessels were following the weakened animal at a distance, hoping to help guide it into the North Sea and toward the Atlantic Ocean, its natural habitat.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Marine flotilla may be on its way to Kharg Island, where it would need constant overhead protection against Iranian drones and missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
“We are sailing to Cuba, bringing critical humanitarian aid for its people,” the organizers wrote on the official flotilla website.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
With Nixonian cunning, Calliope unwrapped and flushed away a flotilla of unused Tampax.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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