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Recent Examples of flotillaThe flotilla includes Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who in an earlier attempt to reach Gaza in June was captured at sea by Israel and deported.—USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025 Thunberg’s second attempt at leading a flotilla comes amid the ongoing war in Gaza City that has killed more than 63,000 people, according to the Hamas-run, Gaza ministry of health.—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025 In 2010, Israeli commandos raided the Mavi Marmara, the flagship of a flotilla crewed by a 600-strong alliance of pro-Palestinian activists, aid workers, politicians, and doctors.—Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 Read the issue » On the Fourth of July of that red-white-and-blue year, the Tall Ships—a flotilla of more than two hundred vessels from more than a dozen countries—sailed into New York Harbor.—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flotilla
While Quark primarily operates in the polar regions, the company expands to subpolar destinations during the shoulder seasons, before the fleet repositions to the other side of the globe.
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Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, a Japanese Defense Ministry document dated October 2024 shows that a fleet of three Global Hawk drones was deployed at Yokota Air Base in Japan in May 2023.
The scans after the victory parade revealed everything Bronze had expected.
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Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
The ten day adult party is a true Key West creative explosion, featuring a marathon of parties, parades, handmade costumes, headdresses, street fair food, and tropical island energy.
The Garibaldi is capable of operating up to 16 aircraft, and during its service in the NATO member's navy, it was outfitted with Harriers and a mix of naval helicopters.
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
But with a majority already secured, Bolsonaro and his co-defendants — including three former generals and the former head of the navy — are on track to be convicted, and could face up to 40 years in prison.
Underneath the stark floodlights streamed a procession of weary travelers in T-shirts and jeans, reaching into the bottom of a white coach bus for their oversize duffel bags.
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ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
The family – all dressed in black — stopped the procession for a moment to view tributes left by fans to Ozzy at the Black Sabbath bridge and bench.
Dusk has just destroyed the political center of the Empire in the Galactic Council, the seat of the largest religion in the Empire, and also the entirety of Cloud Dominion, which had a massive armada and significant political influence.
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Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Joining him for the indie-pop odyssey is an armada of guests: Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Mustafa, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates, Ian Isiah, Tirzah, Amandla Stenberg, and Zadie Smith, among others.
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