flotilla

as in convoy
a group of small ships a colorful flotilla of boats

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Recent Examples of flotilla 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 The opening ceremony flotilla docked, the athletes — and Celine Dion — dried off from the rain and the Games began. New York Times, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flotilla 
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Noun
  • Photo : Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. A convoy of Urus Performante examples take part in the marque’s approximately 560-mile Esperienza Avventura drive in China.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The convoy of OCTAs set off to climb those mountains, trading pebbled roads for harder tracks in places, and some cement surfaces where runoff was an obvious issue.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The first-stage booster flew for the 21st time, one of four boosters with more than 20 flights among the SpaceX fleet.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
  • This includes Starlink, with United Airlines accelerating a collaboration for use of the service on its fleet, as well as deals with Oracle and Apple.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • Talk-show host Tamron Hall helped Walt Disney World kick off its Black History Month observation by visiting the Magic Kingdom theme park with family members. Hall and five relatives, including her son, rode through the park as part of a parade with Disney characters on Saturday.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The dance, which is said to bring good luck, will be followed by a parade.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • To the south in the Indian Ocean, the Indian navy has strengthened its presence as Beijing expanded its maritime activities.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The strapless navy gown featured a sweetheart neckline embellished with black crystals.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • Honda was already winning most races in MotoGP with a procession of the best of all-time punting the factory V4, so the company ventured in the direction of simplicity and functionality for the bikes that would escape the Honda family.
    Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Notre Dame turned Gray’s pick into a seven-play, 19-yard procession into field goal range.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 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
  • But Acosta and Epstein’s armada of attorneys — Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, Jay Lefkowitz, Gerald Lefcourt, Jack Goldberger, Roy Black, Guy Lewis and former Whitewater special prosecutor Kenneth Starr — reached a consensus: Epstein would never serve time in a federal or state prison.
    Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 28 Nov. 2018

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