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flotilla

[floh-til-uh] / floʊˈtɪl ə /
NOUN
small fleet
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Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation appeared before an Israeli court, a rights group defending them told AFP.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Greek authorities had been preparing to receive people from the flotilla since the early hours of Friday morning.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein on Friday said: "All the flotilla activists are now in Greece except Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila."

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

It dismissed the flotilla as a "PR stunt".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Navy destroyer and two coast guard cutters had taken up positions among the usual flotilla of yachts, sailboats, launches, dinghies, and canoes assembling near the finish line.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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