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“The state of California, working with California’s crab fleet, will be launching domoic acid testing here in about 60 days as we approach Dungeness crab season,” the state senator said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Pakistan dispatched a fleet of warplanes to the Gulf country in April after several weeks of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

It has since then grown into one of the largest airlines in the world, with a fleet of over 300 aircraft operating more than 1,000 routes across more than 30 countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

He also offered further details on a major contract with the German military to supply a fleet of Boxer armoured vehicles, which remains under negotiation with the defence ministry in Berlin.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

They had finally escaped from the pack, but the open ocean had proved too much for their small fleet.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

A new director, Warren Carlyle, has streamlined the show, shaving 20 minutes of running time through a combination of textual cuts and fleeter scenic design choices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Email — already an old-fashioned form — isn’t really the electronic replacement of the letter but a different mode of communication entirely: fleeter, tactical, somehow both more and less disposable.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2020

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

In their processions, they rode on horses fleeter than the wind.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick

Edney, the fleetest player on the team, had been doing this sort of thing since taking his talents from the home driveway to youth league games at Victoria Park gym in Carson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2020

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

The most celebrated of these—and indeed the fleetest horse that ever was bred in the world—was Flying Childers, got by the Darley Arabian.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

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

Unlike the Hollywood Bowl, which has fleets of shuttles ready to go, F&M Bank Amphitheater’s shuttle operation felt a bit leaner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Their fleets include Bombardier planes and other models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

That offset a 56% year-over-year drop for Ford EVs, and a 5% year-over-year revenue decline for Ford Pro, the company’s division dedicated to commercial vehicles and fleets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

That way, when you saw a tire track in the dirt, you knew instantly if it belonged to the great fleets of Kamkwamba Toyota, for instance, or Gilbert Company LTD.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

Another day of hiding and a night of journey had fleeted by.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The bog ditches fleeted by at some twelve miles an hour; they were the softest, blackest, and deepest that I have ever seen, and I thanked heaven that I was not in my red coat.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

There his cares were dissipated, and the troubles of life, real or imaginary, on light pinions fleeted away.

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton

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 Woods, Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa)

I remember, I remember How my childhood fleeted by,— The mirth of its December And the warmth of its July.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

“Regardless, history has repeatedly shown that the sales impact of foodborne illness tends to be fleeting for restaurants.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Night Nurse” is as flirty and fleeting as a high school crush — intense enough to make an impact but staked more on possibility than actual sensation.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

It had a fleeting reference to stablecoins, and no reference to the Bank's existing plan to limit personal holdings.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

For a fleeting few years before Prigozhin’s death, Wagner was a powerhouse in Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Even in just a few fleeting seconds on my TV screen, I can see that.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate