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Recent Examples of flotilla
Like the parade and flotilla, a drive by the Christmas lights and yard displays has become an annual tradition for families and visitors.
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Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Then, there is the growing flotilla of Republican lawsuits challenging the state’s voting process.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection Part of Auberge Resorts Collection since 2020, this landmark resort on the Kohala Coast has more than 300 stylish rooms and suites, three pools, and a Goop store, alongside a flotilla of family-friendly amenities and activities.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
The city did not disappoint, with fans and photographers crowding the Grand Canal — on which the wedding party commuted throughout the weekend aboard a flotilla of classic wooden water
taxis — for a glimpse of the dolce vita pageantry.
—Elizabeth Leonard, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Then, there is the growing flotilla of Republican lawsuits challenging the state’s voting process.
—The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection Part of Auberge Resorts Collection since 2020, this landmark resort on the Kohala Coast has more than 300 stylish rooms and suites, three pools, and a Goop store, alongside a flotilla of family-friendly amenities and activities.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
The city did not disappoint, with fans and photographers crowding the Grand Canal — on which the wedding party commuted throughout the weekend aboard a flotilla of classic wooden water
taxis — for a glimpse of the dolce vita pageantry.
—Elizabeth Leonard, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flotilla
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The return of the remains Thursday had set off a nationwide outpouring of grief as flag-waving crowds lined highways on a rainy day to pay their respects to a convoy carrying the coffins and thousands packed a Tel Aviv square in an emotional nighttime vigil.—
MELANIE LIDMAN,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Related:Israelis ask if world has forgotten their hostages six months after the trauma of Oct. 7 Israel awaits for the return of its slain Once in Israel Thursday, crowds carrying Israeli flags lined streets to pay tribute as a convoy transporting the bodies drove past.—
Chris Kenning,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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This marked the 21st flight for the first-stage booster, the most in the booster fleet, having previously flown on human spaceflight missions Inspiration4 and Axiom Space’s Ax-1 among others.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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The law set an initial target of electrifying of half of the state fleet by Jan. 1, 2026.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
14 Feb. 2025
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This planetary parade will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn lining up in the evening sky.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
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The best time to view the planetary parade is just after sunset.—
Jenna deJong,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The oversized cardigan comes in five neutral colors: white, tan, light gray, black, and navy, and they are each made from 100 percent Mongolian cashmere.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2025
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The navy deployed the amphibious transport ship HNLMS.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Thousands of people lined the streets of Israel on Wednesday to pay their respects to Shiri Bibas and her two young sons as their funeral procession made its way to a cemetery in the south of the country.—
Max Butterworth,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Nasrallah was laid to rest Sunday in Beirut after the funeral procession, while Safieddine will be buried in his hometown in southern Lebanon.—
BASSEM MROUE,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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As the microlight receded west into the haze, the birds chasing behind, an armada of cars and camper vans sped off in pursuit.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Singapore’s Banyan Group, which opened an armada of luxury hotels all over the mainland in the last two years (including Banyan Tree Dongguan Songshan Lake and Banyan Tree Suzhou Shishan), is relying on China’s cultural and natural cache to bring international tourism roaring back.—
Chadner Navarro,
Robb Report,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Flotilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flotilla. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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