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Israel says boat was carrying minimal aid Israeli officials said the flotilla carried what amounted to less than a truckload of aid.
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Yesica Fisch, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, said on social media that the flotilla carries more than food.
—Abeer Salman, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Beyond the event’s motoryachts, a flotilla of sailing vessels will be moored in the harbor.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
The flotillas of seals and sea lions plying Puget Sound today are a conservation success story.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
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Yesica Fisch, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, said on social media that the flotilla carries more than food.
—Abeer Salman, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
Beyond the event’s motoryachts, a flotilla of sailing vessels will be moored in the harbor.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 28 May 2025
The flotillas of seals and sea lions plying Puget Sound today are a conservation success story.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flotilla
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This article was updated to reflect OCHA’s statement saying Palestinians were killed waiting for food rations arriving in U.N. convoys.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
18 June 2025
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At other moments, towns have seen their power cut and cartel convoys parade through their communities.—
Edgar H. Clemente,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025
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The resort also uses a fleet of electric vehicles for day-to-day operations.—
Julie Olum,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
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Jeep and Dodge maker Stellantis, meanwhile, recently partnered with U.S.-based Ample to integrate battery swapping technology to a fleet of 100 Fiat 500 EVs in Madrid, Spain.—
Dylan Butts,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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Conversely, hard power is demonstrated by, say, a military exercise, such as a parade featuring tanks.—
Jennifer Boulanger,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2025
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Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers fly over Red Square during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 7, 2017.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Mexico's operation also included the attorney general's office, the army and the navy.—
ALEXANDRA MENDOZA THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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China has the world's largest navy by hull count, including numerous amphibious vessels capable of projecting air and land power from sea to shore during a potential island-landing campaign across the Taiwan Strait.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
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Later that morning, other Cornell on Fire activists held up a banner for students and faculty marching in the graduation procession to see.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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About nineteen minutes in, after a meditative string of A-flats, a halting procession of some two hundred and seventy-five chords begins—permutations of eight basic types, containing up to twelve notes.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The small armada competed in a regatta around buoys, practicing how to keep moving in light headwinds.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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Despite these pronouncements, Israel’s aerial armada appeared to strike Iran with near impunity.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Flotilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flotilla. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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