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flotilla

[floh-til-uh] / floʊˈtɪl ə /
NOUN
small fleet
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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

There was no warning from the Iranian navy to the ships on radio or telling them to turn back, according to the seafarers in the flotilla.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

On Thursday, Italian politician Dario Carotenuto and journalist Alessandro Mantovani, who were part of the flotilla, were pictured arriving at Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, after first being flown to Athens.

From BBC May 21, 2026

Navy destroyer and two coast guard cutters had taken up positions among the usual flotilla of yachts, sailboats, launches, dinghies, and canoes assembling near the finish line.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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 Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations was set up in Istanbul to monitor every movement of the flotillas.

From New York Times Oct. 29, 2022

Approaching rapidly from the north-west were Commodore Tyrwhitt's two destroyer flotillas, led by the Arethusa and the Fearless.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by Parrott, James Edward




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