armada
Example Sentences
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According to a map by the energy analysis firm Kpler, an armada of tankers stretching from the Strait of Malacca near Singapore to gates of the Red Sea are racing to export terminals in Saudi Arabia's Yanbu to fill their cavernous hulls.
From Barron's
But even with a U.S. armada in the region, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei insisted on keeping the capabilities to pursue a bomb.
Last month, Larijani traveled to Oman to prepare for indirect nuclear talks with the U.S., as Washington amassed an armada of warships and a fleet of aircraft in the region.
On any given day, an armada of some 80 tankers — laden with roughly 16 to 18 million barrels, or around a third of all oil transported by sea — traverses the waterway, delivering around 20% of the world’s crude and a large portion of its gas.
From Los Angeles Times
He could either exploit the armada as leverage to wrangle a diplomatic deal or pull the trigger.
From Slate
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