flotilla

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Recent Examples of flotilla This seizure comes just days after Israeli forces intercepted another aid flotilla and arrested the activists on board, including Greta Thunberg, an outspoken critic of Israel. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 At press time a spokesperson for Israel’s defense forces and foreign ministry had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment on the interception of the flotilla or confirmation that Stína was among those detained. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025 The Israeli army intercepted a new aid flotilla bound for Gaza that included a number of Americans on Wednesday, days after the detention of activists on board a high-profile flotilla fueled international outrage. Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025 Israel claims that the blockade is legal and has called the flotilla a provocation. Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flotilla
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Noun
  • Producer and colleague Monika Evstatieva and I were in that convoy, took small arms fire, but were unharmed.
    Tom Bowman, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Live video showed a convoy of five Red Cross vehicles carrying the remaining hostages leaving Khan Younis in southern Gaza, to the cheers of onlookers and surrounded by Hamas officers.
    Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Calderhead focuses on the British tactic, enacted two days after the initial attack, of moving their fleet into Flushing Bay to anchor for the night.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The successful trial marks the first time a naval variant of the IRIS-T family missile has been launched at sea, paving the way for serial introduction across the fleet.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Critics said Trump had pushed for the extravagant parade not to commemorate the armed forces, but as a display of his own vanity.
    NPR, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in Manhattan, watched by millions around the country on TV every year, has cemented the brand’s place in American culture.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Henrietta’s matchbooks — a navy and red affair — are unmistakably elegant.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
  • China, which operates the world's largest navy by number of ships, is expanding its maritime reach, with its military revealing new details about a South Pacific mission.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His family said their final goodbyes to him during an emotional funeral procession on July 30, which took place in Birmingham.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, there will be workshops, two processions, altar displays, and Muertos Mercado (an artisan market).
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Aug. 2025

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