flotilla
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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
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
A previous flotilla attempt was intercepted last month in international waters off Greece, with most activists expelled to Europe.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
With Nixonian cunning, Calliope unwrapped and flushed away a flotilla of unused Tampax.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
These Chinese gunboats, when well manned, form very effective mosquito flotillas.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley
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