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Noun
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Studies have revealed the velella eat zooplankton, fish eggs and krill, while ocean sunfish called mola mola, one of the ocean's largest bony fish, have been seen feasting on large flotillas of velella at sea.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 May 2026 -
Sánchez has organized several flotillas in Miami that, arriving at waters off the coast of Cuba, sought to support the island’s residents, especially after the 1994 rafter exodus.—
Sarah Moreno
March 16,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Designs were standardized within fleets but with enough variance from each other to keep the enemy stymied and not cause associations of a certain pattern with a certain type or class of ship.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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The plan is to offer the service to businesses with large EV fleets, reducing their overall power bills.—
TIm Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
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“Navies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navies. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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