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Recent Examples of flotillaWhile operating off the east coast of Australia, the Chinese flotilla held a war game, which had prompted airlines to divert flights.—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 See All Example Sentences for flotilla
The Israel Defense Forces claimed the convoy was moving suspiciously, without headlights or flashing lights, toward Israeli troops and that members of the emergency teams were militants.
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Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, a U.N. convoy tried to reach the site but encountered Israeli troops opening fire on people.
But seeing his players’ dreams come true never gets old, and after a 48-hour period that included both the draft and the Huskies’ championship parade through downtown Hartford, the longtime head coach is certainly feeling a boost.
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Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
15 Apr. 2025
Throughout the country, the festival is marked by colorful parades, traditional music and dance, family reunions, and a spirit of community and togetherness.
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.
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Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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.
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