How To Use Flotilla In A Sentence
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The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.
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Later in the novel, he will use the ‘Earth’ to fix the exact location of his enemies on a flotilla of rafts in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
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Soon there were cries from out at A flotilla of wooden boats converged, men diving for land.
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These are the boats too large to sail with the rest of the flotilla.
Times, Sunday Times
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Swans were seen nesting and a dabchick had a flotilla of chicks behind her.
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Therefore, the whole armada would be spear headed by a flotilla of 287 mine sweepers that would clear the way for the ships behind them.
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The Greek initiative would have the humanitarian aid currently aboard flotilla ships loaded onto watercraft of the Greek government and transferred to Gaza through organized channels.
Activists Reject Greek Offer to Send Flotilla Aid to Gaza
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The flotilla usually comprises of 8/10 boats, one of which, referred to as the lead boat, carries a skipper, hostess and an engineer.
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During this same period of Flotilla Face-Offs with the IDF, Pakistan, my nation of matrilineal and patrimonial heritage has witnessed the extraordinary massacre of 120 moderate, pacifist Muslims, followers of the Ahmadiyyah movement that subscribes to peaceful, pluralistic Islam.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View
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Therefore it seems that a showdown and perhaps bloodshed is unavoidable, to be recorded by the international press teams aboard the “Freedom Flotilla.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed
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Israel and probably Egypt to direct the flotilla to dock in Israel or Egypt with a guarantee that all humanitarian cargo on board would be immediately transshipped to Gaza?
Ed Koch: No Matter What the Pressure Brought to Bear on It, Israel Should Never Give Up Its Right of Self-Defense
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Hardly had we secreted ourselves when we spied a flotilla of a Roman expeditionary force sailing hard upstream.
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Obama's behavior on the Gaza flotilla hardly deserves the label policy, much less strategy.
Michael Brenner: Clueless in Gaza
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The vessels forming the flotilla consisted of praams, ship-rigged, and brigs carrying one or two eighteen or twenty-four pounders, and the largest a thirty-two pounder (with sixty or ninety men), all of them flat-bottomed.
A Sailor of King George
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Rumours a car ferry anchored at sea was about to leave saw a flotilla of packed boats surround it.
The Sun
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The craft will join a flotilla of Royal Navy ships and nearly one-quarter of the British Army.
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The planned nuclear shipment is being opposed by nations along its route, and could be greeted by a flotilla of protest boats in the Irish Sea.
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They will be joined later this week by 800 Royal Marines on the new helicopter assault ship Ocean, which has set sail with a flotilla of three support ships and a frigate.
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Israel believes that the fly-in was organized after an aid flotilla that planned to bring hundreds of activists to break the Israeli naval blockade on the Gaza Strip was banned from leaving ports in Greece.
Israel on Alert as Pro-Palestinian Activists Plan ‘Fly-In'
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This 'tropism' has been classically exhibited in the events surrounding the recent and intensely upsetting Flotilla incidents.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View
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With five minutes to go and the seconds out, the ring was held by a flotilla of spectator boats almost 800 strong.
Times, Sunday Times
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All preparations having been slowly completed the day for departure arrived, and Chin, with much bowing and ceremonial posturing, having wished his wife and little son adieu, embarked with Wang, taking the equivalent of five thousand dollars [2] in sycee shoes and gold-dust, and amidst valedictory fusillades of fire-crackers, as well as a beating of gongs, the flotilla cast off and sailed away down river.
Life and sport in China Second Edition
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Two German torpedo boats and a destroyer were sunk and the rest of the flotilla scattered to various French ports.
Times, Sunday Times
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You are unlikely to see him but can tell when he is in residence by the flotilla of navy ships patrolling just offshore.
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A flotilla of more than 50 boats, yachts and lifeboats surrounded the magnificent ship as it sailed majestically into its home port.
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Two German torpedo boats and a destroyer were sunk and the rest of the flotilla scattered to various French ports.
Times, Sunday Times
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I finished my tour on the opposite side of Punda from the fort, where a flotilla of sailing boats was moored up on a small waterway off the main harbour.
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Following egg laying, the birds almost disappear until the time comes to escort flotillas of goslings to the water.
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In his effort to pass the buck, Netanyahu claimed he had only discussed the media and hasbara (public diplomacy) ramifications of stopping the flotilla with his top cabinet, known as the septet, and had left the rest up to Barak.
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Accompanied by a flotilla of small boats, he swam a powerful crawl across to Scarba.
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The last straw comes when three old Russian ladies snub my invitation to join our flotilla, dog-paddling away as if no one had ever offered them a slug of beer through a ten-foot hose.
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These are the boats too large to sail with the rest of the flotilla.
Times, Sunday Times
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Hmas Wewak was greeted on entry by flotillas of dug-out canoes skilfully paddled by locals whose ages ranged from six to 60.
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When an American aircraft carrier puts to sea, it is always accompanied by a flotilla of smaller ships.
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The United States announced plans two weeks ago for a multinational anti-piracy coalition, and a flotilla from the European Union began patrols in the gulf last month.
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Every morning, a flotilla of day boats leaves port in a race to be first to the prime sites around the Strait of Tiran, to the north, or Ras Mohammed, to the south.
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A flotilla of boats built up behind us in the winding channel.
Times, Sunday Times
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As senior medical officer he had great difficulty certifying the captain of another ship in the flotilla when the stress proved too much for him.
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The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.
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You can book a berth in the marina, join the flotilla and get great views of the competing boats as they enter and leave the harbour.
Times, Sunday Times
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Or a flotilla of ships signalling to one another in the fog?
Times, Sunday Times
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Amid cheers that rent the welkin, responded to by answering cheers from a big muster of henchmen on the distant Cambrian and Caledonian hills, the mastodontic pleasureship slowly moved away saluted by a final floral tribute from the representatives of the fair sex who were present in large numbers while, as it proceeded down the river, escorted by a flotilla of barges, the flags of the Ballast office and Custom House were dipped in salute as were also those of the electrical power station at the
Ulysses
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The Quays welcomed two Galway Hooker sailing boats and a flotilla of sailing vessels were docked at Albert Basin.
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Join a flotilla and you can sail independently, safe in the knowledge that an experienced crew is always within easy reach.
Times, Sunday Times
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We had a terrific send off with bands playing and a flotilla around the ship.
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Week two sees you take the helm of your own yacht and join a flotilla, visiting harbours and swimming in secluded bays.
Times, Sunday Times
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The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.
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This was our first bareboat sailing holiday; the previous three had been in the safety of a flotilla.
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The Federal Government is considering several measures to reduce the flotilla of flotsam that's clogging seas around northern Australia, the vast bulk of it coming from countries to our North.
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These are the boats too large to sail with the rest of the flotilla.
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Beginners can learn new sailing skills and get certified with a qualified instructor, while experienced sailors can crew their own yachts in the flotilla.
The Sun
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The ageing flotilla included fighter jets aboard carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
The Sun
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The almost constant vision of a flotilla of ships and boats on Sydney Harbour, shown ad nauseam on Foxtel today, proves that point.
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About half or more of the “millionaire” guys she has to fix up are Jewish and yenta supremo Patty constantly derides them as “nerds” and “nebbishes” to the flotilla of girls she gathers up to meet them.
Matthew Yglesias » Life, According to Patti Stanger
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In the Battle of Mobile Bay (August 1864) Adm. David Farragut defeated a major Confederate flotilla and secured Union control of the area.
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Heading for Utah Beach, Jack, aboard water barge LBW in the 34th Flotilla, heard the buzz of low flying Dakotas as they droned in from the sea towing their camouflaged gliders.
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The flotilla of 58 Little Ships made a trouble-free crossing of the busy traffic separation lanes, as merchantmen gave way or altered course as a mark of respect.
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Seals are naturally friendly and often form a welcoming flotilla around the boats.
The Sun
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A flotilla of between twenty and thirty boats arrived in the town on Sunday and will stay until May 22 for a commemorative boatmen's reunion.
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Beginners can learn new sailing skills and get certified with a qualified instructor, while experienced sailors can crew their own yachts in the flotilla.
The Sun
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Both carriers have now left the UK to join the growing flotilla of warships and auxiliaries heading for a rendezvous in the Mediterranean.
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The operators of the flotilla were offered this very thing — bring your ships to Ashdod, have them inspected to make sure they contain only “humanitarian” aid, and then that will be transshipped to Gaza.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed
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A flotilla of ducks bobbed near the shore.
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The hotel bar has incredible views over the harbour, past the flotilla of sampans, junks and cargo ships, to the jumble of skyscrapers which make up the Central district of Hong Kong island.
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And I can see flotillas of guilt crazies misting in mama's eyes.
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Then we ran down the Illyrian coast and, with oars at full speed, sail bellying with a powerful southwester, rounded the Italian peninsula with a strong wind for Sicilia and the Tyrrhenian Sea, where we ran into a small flotilla of black-sailed ships expectantly lying in wait for us.
The Skrayling Tree
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As a part of the fleets and flotillas they operated with land forces to defend ports and installations.
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The alien ecosculpting platform was already slowly moving out of orbit, pulled toward its date with destiny by the complicated webwork of coruscating tractor beams that each ship in the recon flotilla was generating in tandem operation.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire
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In the deep channels were the Infantry Landing Ships, cross-Channel steamers and small liners with landing craft hanging on their davits; in the shallows were the LCTs loaded with vehicles and tanks and men, moving off towards the eastern entrance of Spithead in great flotillas, shepherded by their MLs.
The Breaking Wave
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A thick rainsquall came up, and rendered it impossible for the rear gunboats to know whither the Confederate flotilla had fled.
Hero Tales from American History
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A flotilla of ducks bobbed near the shore.
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Tamil superstar Rajinikant is in idyllic Kuttanad in Kerala's Alappuzha district for the picturisation of a song-and-dance sequence featuring a flotilla of snake boats for his latest film "Kuselan".
Tamil superstar Rajinikant���s film "Kuselan" Shooting in Kuttanad
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‘We've arranged whole flotillas of sailboat charters in the Virgin Islands,’ said BoatU.S. Yacht Charter manager Mimi Stokes.
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The European Union said yesterday that a flotilla will begin anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia next week.
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And compared with the rest of the Caribbean, the sailing is relatively easy: with a little experience, you can join a flotilla, charter bareboat or pay extra for a professional skipper.
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CMDR McCourt thanked the flotilla of small craft, which escorted his ship.
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The cruisers swung around the southern pole and nosed upward toward the enemy flotilla, simultaneously disgorging volleys of missiles.
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In a fishing harbour near Bari in southern Italy, a flotilla of small boats rides low in the sea, weighed down by festival-goers.
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Amid cheers that rent the welkin, responded to by answering cheers from a big muster of henchmen on the distant Cambrian and Caledonian hills, the mastodontic pleasureship slowly moved away saluted by a final floral tribute from the representatives of the fair sex who were present in large numbers while, as it proceeded down the river, escorted by a flotilla of barges, the flags of the Ballast office and Custom
Ulysses
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In 5 days novices learn enough to skipper a yacht safely on an Ionian flotilla.
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The Quays welcomed two Galway Hooker sailing boats and a flotilla of sailing vessels were docked at Albert Basin.
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The suspended flotilla includes modern powerboats, yachts and coracles.
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It might also have the effect of keeping the passage clearer by the more frequent stirring and movement of powerful steamers towing flotillas of keels and lighters.
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When she participates in trying to discredit the flotilla by characterizing it as a "provocation," as this letter does, she helps put its passengers in danger, because when something is characterized as a "provocation," the implication that many will draw is that violent repression of the "provocation" is justified.
Robert Naiman: Rep. Schakowsky, Am I a "Provocation"?
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The Pinsk Military Flotilla had 31 launches, seven monitors, a minelayer, four gunboats, an air squadron of 10 planes, an antiaircraft artillery battalion of 18 guns and a marine infantry platoon.
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We work until nearly midnight filleting the fish and giving it away in great slabs to the 200 strong flotilla of visiting yachts that crowd the marina in summer.
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The burning ship soon attracted the attention of other vessels and a flotilla of fishing vessels, pleasure cruisers and jet skis turned up to help.
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Their voyage will face flotillas of furious protesters and risk not only a major diplomatic incident but the threat of terrorism.
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The hotel bar has incredible views over the harbour, past the flotilla of sampans, junks and cargo ships, to the jumble of skyscrapers which make up the Central district of Hong Kong island.
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They are always escorted by an extensive flotilla of other ships.
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I could see, out beyond the wall of chained rafts, opened now in three places, a flotilla of sails, long and low, triangular, sloping, those of lateen-rigged galleys.
Renegades Of Gor
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The flotilla of 1,000 ships is split into a number of sections.
Times, Sunday Times
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On March 11, 1803 , Napoleon decided to start building a flotilla of barges to invade Britain.
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Without the heroic efforts of locals who turned out in a flotilla of tiny boats to ferry passengers ashore, the loss of life could have been catastrophic.
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For those of you who don't know, Cinco de Mayo, which is Spanish for "Day of Reckoning," is the day in 1588 when a small Mexican flotilla defeated the might Spanish Armada on the Bay of Pigs, where the victorious Mexican sailors contracted swine flu.
Murmurs.com
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Once at sea, the ship will join a flotilla of military vessels that played a part in the landings in a ceremonial crossing of the Channel before berthing at Caen.
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Not far away is Gangzihou Bathing Beach, where you can watch flotillas of container ships power out to sea.
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It might also have the effect of keeping the passage clearer by the more frequent stirring and movement of powerful steamers towing flotillas of keels and lighters.
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Francisco de Orellana was born around 1511 to a prominent family in the hardscrabble region of Spain known as Extremadura, home to a flotilla of other explorers, including Hernán Cortés, Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Incas.
Escaping The Rainforest
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US officials had said that dolphins, first used in Vietnam, were a far better bet than all the technology on board the flotilla of ships.
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Cheered on by a flotilla of 30 modern boats, they set sail across the Atlantic on a voyage expected to last up to five months.
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She says half a million people applied for the few hundred places: depending on how many of the 10 boats are seaworthy in time, there should be around 400 people on the flotilla.
Alice Walker: Why I'm joining the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza
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Doubt other people watched the flotilla in a cossie.
The Sun
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A flotilla of 1,000 fishing boats left mainland China yesterday for the islands.
Times, Sunday Times
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To have a flotilla of these vivid members of the sawbill family virtually under one's nose feels like a privilege.
Times, Sunday Times
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Boaters were encouraged to turn in their old flares to any Coast Guard station in Washington and Oregon or to Coast Guard Auxiliary flotillas in the region.
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The craft will join a flotilla of Royal Navy ships and nearly one-quarter of the British Army.
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Israeli officials believe the fly-in was organized after the aid flotilla stalled in Greece.
Greece Intercepts Pro-Palestinian Activist Boat
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Weeks later on June 4, the flotilla of ships put to sea sailed but rough weather forced Allied commanders to abandon the trip.
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The views are spectacular, augmented by a flotilla of yachts whose owners favour the location as an essential stopover on the Firth of Clyde.
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In one video apparently filmed before the raid occurred, a military cameraman is standing next to a soldier who is addressing the flotilla and directing it to a port, seeking a peaceful outcome.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pollak on Uniquely Israeli Stupidity
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The U.S. armada at Culebra was swelled by a flotilla of support vessels, including colliers and torpedo boats.
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We set off across the lake outside the city in a flotilla of rowing boats, shutters clicking madly.
Times, Sunday Times
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September 1759: A small Prussian flotilla of four galiots, four galleys, and four barques is totally destroyed by a larger Swedish fleet.
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A flotilla of 1,000 fishing boats left mainland China yesterday for the islands.
Times, Sunday Times
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The U.S. armada at Culebra was swelled by a flotilla of support vessels, including colliers and torpedo boats.
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At various points, he planned to lead a flotilla of homemade watercraft across the Pacific to China and to sail to India to rescue orphaned street children.
William Pearlman, 77; happy wanderer known as 'Poppa Neutrino' lived for adventure
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WATERFORD, N.Y. -- A flotilla will set sail from Waterford to Rochester later Monday to kick off a conference that brings canal enthusiasts, professionals and scholars from around the world to Upstate New York.
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