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Recent Examples of flotilla
While operating off the east coast of Australia, the Chinese flotilla held a war game, which had prompted airlines to divert flights.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, the flotilla was in the Sunda Strait, an Indonesian waterway.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Boyers mentioned the presence of a crew transfer vessel, which helped facilitate the rescue operation, followed by a flotilla of ambulances to retrieve any survivors.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
What To Know According to the Australian Defense Force, which has deployed warships and aircraft to track the Chinese three-ship flotilla, the Chinese ships were operating 305 nautical miles southeast of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, as of Monday morning local time.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
On Sunday, the flotilla was in the Sunda Strait, an Indonesian waterway.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Boyers mentioned the presence of a crew transfer vessel, which helped facilitate the rescue operation, followed by a flotilla of ambulances to retrieve any survivors.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
What To Know According to the Australian Defense Force, which has deployed warships and aircraft to track the Chinese three-ship flotilla, the Chinese ships were operating 305 nautical miles southeast of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, as of Monday morning local time.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flotilla
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The Israel Defense Forces originally claimed the convoy was moving suspiciously, without headlights or flashing lights, toward Israeli troops and that members of the emergency teams were militants.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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Then on Saturday morning, Jihan saw a convoy of gunmen set her neighbor’s house aflame on the outskirts of al-Qusour neighborhood.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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And there could be signficant upsides for the company’s broader business, such as expanding the user base for Amazon Web Services and providing connectivity to the company’s fleets of shipping vehicles.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2025
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Delta alone saved more than 40 million gallons of fuel in 2024 by optimizing operations and upgrading its fleet.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The silverware would give them something to show off during next Monday’s parade.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Along the parade route, even homeowners joined in, dousing attendees using garden hoses and tossing water balloons from their driveways.—
Christopher Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2025
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Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy both joined the navy, aware that fine military records would support their political aspirations; the relationship between the two men, moving from mutual respect to bitter rivalry, is one of the book’s stronger story lines.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Chinese navy has two aircraft carriers in active service, while a third is expected to be operational in the first half of 2025, according to the Pentagon.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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The procession took the pope's body past some of Rome's historical landmarks, such as the Roman Forum and the Colosseum.—
Sean Keane,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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The procession began around 10 a.m. local time — or 4 a.m. EDT.—
The Hill Staff,
The Hill,
26 Apr. 2025
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Yet the size of the Kremlin’s ICBM armada is many times larger, say the worldwide nuclear weapons monitors at the Federation of American Scientists.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The armada includes a basket on wheels that can collect rebounds and pass balls to players, other robots that can stand in as defenders and a collection of Spot robots from Boston Dynamics.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Flotilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flotilla. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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