flotilla
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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
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
Two of the 36 French people who were on board the flotilla were still in hospital in Turkey, the returnees told awaiting reporters.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Just after 1230 GMT, Israel confirmed that all the flotilla activists had "been deported" from Ramon Airport near the southern resort city of Eilat.
From Barron's ● May 21, 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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And their experience was actually quite mellow compared to other flotillas because of how social media had been reacting to it.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 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
Aside from government jobs, fishing is the only viable way to make a living, and since the arrival of the Chinese flotillas even that has become difficult.
From BBC ● May 20, 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
Seven ships were now in sight: the "Southampton," "Nottingham," "Birmingham," "Lowestoft," "Arethusa," "Aurora" and "Undaunted," besides Commodore Tyrwhitt's destroyer flotillas.
From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles
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