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    1. Commandant Bin-Martis Gulmonish asked to speak, "We must remember that there is still a vessel of the Brazilian fleet in this system


    2. Once Hardway’s battlegroup and convoy had finally rendezvoused with Admiral Ming’s combined fleet over the debris field that had been an alien task force only hours ago, the Air Group Commander called the Lancers to Bay 23 in full flight gear


    3. SCS Arbitrage hung 300 meters out, holding station alongside Hardway with the ships of the combined fleet massed behind her


    4. The Staas Privateers and the UN fleet have brought the fight to the Squidies' home system


    5. The massive Earth invasion fleet faces off against every ship the Squidies' can muster


    6. Love is a fleet footed creature


    7. Duncan came forward to thank the pilot also, and Kai introduce him as Master Altar, one of the best pilots in the fleet


    8. They agreed with his plan and issued orders to the fleet to proceed to the planet for re-fitting


    9. the earth were assembled and the prince built a great fleet of ships


    10. Lady Killian said that would be fine, she could use the help; besides he would learn the process and be able to do the same to other ships in the fleet

    11. Early the next morning a fleet of black limousines sped into the


    12. fleet of ex-army lorries operated by RDTE, expertly setting about the


    13. surplus, and a small fleet of cars


    14. It appeared that the fleet of vehicles was in daily use, ferrying


    15. He stopped laughing and rose his hands above his head, and shot a great, enormous ball of energy at the fleet, wiping out at least half of ships in one instant


    16. Justice rose up the atmosphere to meet the enormous Hesean Fleet, this one much larger than the one he had defeated earlier


    17. cavalry and a great fleet of ships


    18. The company was in desperate need of an engine for one of their Boeing 777 fleet of three


    19. Not one upstanding man among the fleet would have let his house fall into such disrepair


    20. morning, our small fleet came to Imbrus

    21. fleet and sailed away, their number almost halved


    22. It’s where Menelaus took their fleet after departing Troy


    23. My other uncles reassembled, but our little fleet was in a perilous condition


    24. Not on a fishing boat, you understand, but in his naval fleet


    25. We had five boats remaining in our fleet


    26. But his father Hippomachus had retained his lands and served as leader of Ithaca’s battle fleet


    27. “In the simplest scenario, there was an accident in the main ship that caused a chain-reaction through the little fleet


    28. We will likely have to spend more time there than any of us would prefer; but it's an excellent place for a fleet of ships to hole up and stay hidden


    29. Nine and a half hours before on the flagship of the Naud pirate fleet


    30. That's why Ustra has the Gammadil, and why that ship and her complement of crew and conscripts is treated with such kid gloves by the rest of the fleet

    31. On the Huntress's bridge, Pim touched the next series of controls and the Elf was projecting to every bridge on every ship in the little fleet


    32. Your little fleet has ten minutes to surrender your ships and stand down your weapons systems, before I am forced to give the order for your complete destruction


    33. Just because Husim's ship wasn't escaping yet, that wasn't true for the others in the fleet


    34. In 1497, Vasco de Gamo sailed from the port of Lisbon with a fleet of four ships, and, after a navigation of eleven months, arrived upon the coast of Indostan ; and thus completed a course of discoveries which had been pursued with great steadiness, and with very little interruption, for near a century together


    35. Towards the end of the fifteenth, and during the greater part of the sixteenth century, Spain and Portugal were the two great naval powers upon the ocean ; for though the commerce of Venice extended to every part of Europe, its fleet had scarce ever sailed beyond the Mediterranean


    36. That little fleet of three were supposedly being tracked to the Ying system and from there they expected a new course thirty light-years on to that cluster that was home to Tenrith


    37. Other nations, without establishing an exclusive company, have confined the whole commerce of their colonies to a particular port of the mother country, from whence no ship was allowed to sail, but either in a fleet and at a particular season, or, if single, in consequence of a particular license, which in most cases was very well paid for


    38. First, those colonies, in preparing themselves for their non-importation agreement, drained Great Britain completely of all the commodities which were fit for their market ; secondly, the extra ordinary demand of the Spanish flota has, this year, drained Germany and the north of many commodities, linen in particular, which used to come into competition, even in the British market, with the manufactures of Great Britain; thirdly, the peace between Russia and Turkey has occasioned an extraordinary demand from the Turkey market, which, during the distress of the country, and while a Russian fleet was cruizing in the Archipelago, had been very poorly supplied ; fourthly, the demand of the north of Europe for the manufactures of Great Britain has been increasing from year to year, for some time past; and, fifthly, the late partition, and consequential pacification of Poland, by opening the market of that great country, have, this year, added an extraordinary demand from thence to the increasing demand of the north


    39. But worse than that, the Government have despatched a naval fleet to investigate the attack and enforce the evacuation


    40. They, and two civilian space-liners making up a fleet of five vessels, had left Earth at the same time as Vanguard but a combination of Vanguard’s greatly superior engine technology and Captain Novikov’s impatience had allowed Vanguard to arrive at their destination many hours ahead the rest of its fleet

    41. As soon as all the fighters are back on board, move us to a distance of thirty kilometres from the station then relay our new position to the fleet


    42. “Crafty buggers I forgot about the fleet the big guns are useless no wonder the bastards have attacked now


    43. The commander of each escort vessel in the attack fleet had been given strict instructions to get a missile lock on Vanguard as early as possible but not to use actually any weapons, other than in self-defence, and to come to a complete halt and hold formation at a distance of ten kilometres from Vanguard


    44. Jim turned to the bridge crew, “Let me know as soon as there is any indication that Vanguard is responding to our fleet


    45. She had not expected a fleet of armed vessels to approach Vanguard, but why they held off at a safe range, waited for a couple of hours, and then retreated back to the station, was a complete mystery to her


    46. Anyone who remains here after my fleet leaves will be forfeiting their Earth citizenship and voting rights


    47. The Fleet was eventually covered


    48. Fleet Street, but in the early days the slaughterers killed and dressed the animals by the riverside


    49. and brushed the entrails into the river, giving it another name - the Red Fleet


    50. the Gulf fleet, directed his ships to proceed with dispatch from Veracruz, on the east coast of Mexico, to Point Isabel, at














































    1. The vision of the ejection seat exploding Donny Higgens into crushed oblivion fleeted behind Court's eyes


    2. Lydgate, certain that his patient wished to be alone, soon left him; and the black figure with hands behind and head bent forward continued to pace the walk where the dark yew-trees gave him a mute companionship in melancholy, and the little shadows of bird or leaf that fleeted across the isles of sunlight, stole along in silence as in the presence of a sorrow


    3. Another day of hiding and a night of journey had fleeted by


    1. They just stare ahead with those fleeting, guilty eyes that just look away from the truth


    2. of silence as if, for a fleeting moment, it was the only silence He had ever heard


    3. For a fleeting moment I felt that my new life might just be bearable, but then the truth, as ever, hit home with vengeance


    4. Smith loved the Universal Light Programme that fizzed across the unseen radiation waves of His thought, but He loved each and every aspect of silence as if, for a fleeting moment, it was the only silence He had ever heard


    5. Love, the fleeting glance that catches hold,


    6. The fleeting thought that I wish it were me waiting for my man to come back runs through the back of my mind, closely followed by the memory of my dream at that wayhouse


    7. ' He cocked a sorcerer's eyebrow, and with the fleeting smile of one who knows, stood back for me to pass


    8. She thinks about running away every time he lets her out of the workhouse, but it’s a fleeting consideration


    9. The happiness of the dream is fleeting


    10. “And did those feelings then result in a selfless endeavor on your part to put things to rights? Or was it more often than not, a fleeting brush with the feeling which when interrupted by some other event or happenstance soon passed and left only the memory, or trace of an encounter with those feelings? That is the experience of most people

    11. She tutted over the fact that a half used roll had been balanced on top of the empty cardboard inner - the two men stood helplessly watching her, a shared glance evidence of a fleeting male camaraderie


    12. was a fleeting visit, one that might not be repeated


    13. The McCoists? For a fleeting second she believes it, but then the simple truth comes bursting through


    14. What was left of him – his paper-thin flesh, and fleeting soul – were the only things keeping it from feeding upon the entire Seventh World


    15. I gave one last fleeting glance at the other


    16. passed it once quickly and a fleeting glance showed me that Pappi


    17. a year or a fleeting moment


    18. Ignorance could only ever be the most fleeting bliss


    19. But the relief would be most fleeting as the line of conversation took a new turn


    20. Visitors, especially on chillier and stormier days like this, were rare and fleeting

    21. speaking about momentary and fleeting emotions, but of


    22. rare and fleeting moments of clarity of purpose


    23. It was how I imagined a wormhole to be, rather than the pitiful and fleeting channel myself and my team had created


    24. The only clue in its fleeting telemetry indicated a drastically dilated timescale by the order of at least a billion to one


    25. Something appeared for a fleeting few seconds, not matching any known profile, only to vanish as inexplicably as it appeared


    26. Not a fleeting glance was spared for his body; instead all eyes were locked onto Raven


    27. But if it was there, it was a fleeting thing: gone quickly—replaced by that hard edge of


    28. Darkburst's last conscious thoughts were a collection of fleeting images of his mother standing in a clearing deep within Brockenhurst Forest, her head tilted to one side as she listened to the liquid, switt-witt-witt-witt of a goldfinch singing in a nearby tree


    29. Vaguely I had one fleeting thought of breaking and running knowing that I could not possibly escape, but, fortunately, the thought was easily forced from my mind


    30. For a fleeting moment, I thought I had found a solution to my dilemma, but I rejected it immediately out of fear that while I was asleep they would steal my documents, my weapon and my money

    31. In Green Bay, happiness for her was something gained through accruing prestige, promotions and sound financial growth: how hollow, fleeting and insignificant that all now seemed! In Chauita, she’d found happiness that sprang from simply being in this world and sharing time with Truman without the slightest need for pretense or position


    32. I tried to convey to them that the surprise is ephemeral and fleeting, it lasts only an instant: it comes and it goes


    33. It was but a fleeting thought


    34. Linda enjoyed being held in Steve's arms and for one fleeting moment, she wanted Steve to kiss her wanting lips


    35. But these fleeting skirmishes were as nothing compared to what came next


    36. He lifted himself from her and ran fleeting scrapes of his fingertips the length of her body


    37. But that was only a fleeting impression, for when she touched her belly and felt her unborn child still soundly and safely asleep, her smile was like heavenly orchards that grew and bore ripe honey-sweet fruit in the blink of an eye


    38. “Please cousin,” Raul said, noticing the fleeting look, “use your head! That’s my friend out there


    39. He looked at the ground reflectively with a fleeting sadness worn on his face


    40. It would be nice to recapture some of those feelings, if only in the most fleeting sense

    41. The doctor lit the cigarette and stared outside the window, even though there was nothing to see but dark, pouring rain and a circus of fleeting, random shadows


    42. “Triple the usual,” said Adu casually, casting a fleeting gaze at Ethan who repeated his question, this time a lot more convincingly:


    43. For a fleeting moment, he considered leaving Aidme rather than don the bulky spacesuit once more; unfortunately, his need for the generator and motor left him with no choice


    44. A mild curiosity of long standing, whetted by the more current reportage of their opposition to Saddam Hussein following the first Gulf War, was probably why the article held me to more than just a short fleeting perusal


    45. and value of the fleeting seconds


    46. The image is fleeting, and it could be my imagination, not a memory


    47. A fleeting thought shot through his brain…was


    48. Jason recalled Kosmo’s fleeting reference once to his term in a Russian work camp when he was young


    49. ” With a fleeting glance, Barret


    50. relationships throughout his life, none really serious, just fleeting flings with women from





































    1. Such are the people who compose a numerous and splendid court, a great ecclesiastical establishment, great fleets and armies, who in time of peace produce nothing, and in time of war acquire nothing which can compensate the expense of maintaining them, even while the war lasts


    2. But it is otherwise, they think, with countries which have connections with foreign nations, and which are obliged to carry on foreign wars, and to maintain fleets and armies in distant countries


    3. It is not always necessary to accumulate gold and silver, in order to enable a country to carry on foreign wars, and to maintain fleets and armies in distant countries


    4. Fleets and armies are maintained, not with gold and silver, but with consumable goods


    5. In a state of hostility, it may enable our enemies to maintain fleets and armies superior to our own; but in a state of peace and commerce it must likewise enable them to exchange with us to a greater value, and to afford a better market, either for the immediate produce of our own industry, or for whatever is purchased with that produce


    6. They themselves, on the contrary, have hitherto been defended almost entirely at the expense of the mother country ; but the expense of fleets and armies is out of all proportion greater than the necessary expense of civil government


    7. The persons employed in the finances, fleets, and magistracy, are instances of this order of men


    8. In great empires, the people who live in the capital, and in the provinces remote from the scene of action, feel, many of them, scarce any inconveniency from the war, but enjoy, at their ease, the amusement of reading in the newspapers the exploits of their own fleets and armies


    9. Are there any fleets nearby that you can call on for help?” I asked


    10. “We have two more fleets arriving

    11. The captain had moved the fleets so that they completely surrounded the enemy in a sphere of death


    12. The seven of us stood there floating in the hard vacuum and looked around to see what was left of the three fleets arrayed around us


    13. But none of that explained why the Fifth Fleet seemed so bent on being the ones to re-capture Raidan rather than opening up the operation more widely for other fleets and Intel Wing to assist


    14. With whole fleets at her fingertips what could possibly be a danger to her? And why did she choose to contact him? He couldn't help her


    15. our fleets to returning to Terran space, but in the long run, we knew we had no choice


    16. In the meantime, the rest of our fleets need to be notified of


    17. His fleets of purple-sailed war galleys had made Vilayet an Hyrkanian lake


    18. The Stygians did not base their glory and power upon ships and fleets


    19. American fleets were always shadowed by these suspicious fishing boats


    20. "They're crack assault troops stationed with Russian fleets

    21. The admiral had left him in command of all three fleets until his return


    22. Well, two complete fleets, what was left of the first one, and a dozen or so ships forced into service from various dominated worlds


    23. A few seconds later, the bulk of both fleets were in range of one another


    24. All the space fleets would be heading back to their respective homeworlds


    25. “Orion Metals is too cheap to properly protect their fleets


    26. Saturn provided most of the warships in both the Federation and Swordsman fleets


    27. There have been several accounts of battles where short jumps were successfully used by P I ships to attack and defeat entire fleets of pirate vessels


    28. The Swordsmen and P A F must have known with enough time to redeploy fleets from their previous missions to intercept you


    29. They were supported by entire fleets of small and medium class ships as well as convoys of freighters


    30. The carriers were lightly armored and depended on their fleets and their lasers to keep harm well away from them

    31. The Swordsman carrier ships deployed their fleets of small ships unhindered


    32. Recognizing the trouble their allies were in, the two convoy ships entered the fray against the carriers and their fleets of small ships


    33. There are other security service fleets out there and the future will be determined by who they choose for their allies


    34. Even with the containers, entire fleets of interceptors were able to leave their bases and Rachel prepared her group for the attack


    35. If he could believe the reports from the other army air fleets involved with the Philippines campaign and those of the navy air units in Formosa, his fleet had not been the only one to suffer heavily


    36. To take them by the northern route round Scotland, which had proved a grave for the Bismarck, would subject them to enemy air power operating from land plus the superior Anglo-American battle fleets


    37. He obviously thinks that our great battle fleets will be rendered impotent


    38. However, the enemy’s numerical advantage was too great and, despite causing the Morgs huge losses, our fleets were either destroyed one by one or had to withdraw


    39. Well, within a couple of hours, that teenage girl cooked up an air attack plan and then implemented it, flying herself many missions afterwards against the Japanese invasion fleets


    40. It had cut to pieces the Terran fleets sent to both Mars and Callisto, in the Jovian system, then had destroyed the main ISF bases and headquarters on Earth

    41. embarrassed by the public display of how one of her fleets had been decimated by a mere human, in addition to having to answer some hard questions by the Federation


    42. The captain reports that he�s observed both fleets on their way out


    43. But the kind of folks that are crew members in luxury fleets are not great independent thinkers


    44. It seemed to go on for miles, requiring hundreds of high-intensity cables distributing the weight between 79 complete fleets of war-ships


    45. As I pointed out the window, seconds after Rip made his losing wager, many giant-metal claws were being positioned against the board by an additional 20 fleets of war-ships


    46. “Back to the fleets of Fralgoth!” I screamed, as if leading a charge into battle


    47. One ship versus 108 fleets of war ships is not a very good fight


    48. Then Rex turned his gaze toward the gallant white fleets that nearly blinded him with their reflection of the nearby star


    49. These fleets consisted mostly of the Legion’s elegant Valorian cruisers, which were usually fitted with SKAR cannons in order to quickly


    50. or the same period as the Ancient Egyptians who ruled the world in those days with their mighty fleets of warships laden with lightly armored and well-armed, trained warriors, foot soldiers who were brave enough to confront anyone—even on horseback while using bows and long-range arrows





































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    Synonyms for "fleet"

    fleet blow over evanesce fade pass pass off dart flit flutter swift naval force armada flotilla squadron

    "fleet" definitions

    group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership


    group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership


    a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership


    a group of warships organized as a tactical unit


    move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart


    disappear gradually


    moving very fast