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
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday denounced the "appalling treatment" of activists aboard the Gaza-bound aid flotilla as "unacceptable," in a call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, according to a statement.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Beyond the arc of the harbor, a flotilla of Red Navy ships patrolled the shore—a sash of crimson in the deep blue sea.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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The country is not facing flotillas of small boats arriving from the North Sea or the Baltic.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
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
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
American flotillas crossed the Atlantic to protect the sea-routes: Japanese war craft assisted us in the Mediterranean.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
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