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navies

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plural of navy

as in flotillas

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According to Euronews, the ships belonged to the German Kriegsmarine’s Danube and Black Sea flotillas, which were intentionally sunk as German forces retreated before the advancing Soviet Red Army during the final months of World War II.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Brian Hurley predicts, meanwhile, that as more independent astronauts from around the world begin occupying the orbital rings closest to Earth, SpaceX could move to connect up small flotillas of Starships into larger interlinked clusters.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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In addition to the pickup truck issues, Ford said its sales have been impacted by the discontinuation of two vehicles earlier this year that makes comparisons harder to meet as well as planned lower sales to daily rental fleets.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
That capability could prove useful for fleets that need charging capacity before permanent infrastructure arrives.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

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