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fleet

adjective as in quick in movement

noun as in group of ships

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It’s a fleeting tableau, but it reveals the whole story: even the most forsaken creation reaches for connection the moment he’s given something warm to hold in his hands.

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The US Navy's 5th fleet, which patrols the region, said on Friday it was "actively monitoring the situation".

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While those factors have contributed to periodic pullbacks in stocks’ record-breaking run this year, the hiccups have been fleeting.

He also accuses Washington, which has deployed a fleet of warships in the Caribbean in a stated anti-drug operation, of seeking to depose him and seize the formerly rich petrostate's vast oil deposits.

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When a robot screws up, Amazon pushes a software patch at 3 a.m. and the million-plus fleet gets smarter overnight.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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