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Recent Examples of navy
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has its own navy that also relies on smaller vessels to do swarm attacks and drop mines.
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ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Two Mexican aid boats that disappeared at sea while delivering aid to Cuba have been located northwest of the Cuban capital of Havana following a search and rescue operation, Mexico’s navy said Saturday.
—Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
The navy did not say if all of the seizures were made at once or across multiple operations.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
The conflict wound down after the United States sank a handful of Iranian navy ships.
—Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Two Mexican aid boats that disappeared at sea while delivering aid to Cuba have been located northwest of the Cuban capital of Havana following a search and rescue operation, Mexico’s navy said Saturday.
—Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
The navy did not say if all of the seizures were made at once or across multiple operations.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
The conflict wound down after the United States sank a handful of Iranian navy ships.
—Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for navy
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The Simpson returned fire with four missiles of its own, disabling the Iranian boat, before it was finished off by gunfire from the US flotilla.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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Adler said that both the flotilla that traveled to Gaza and the one heading to Cuba share several supporters.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In the 1900s the District Messenger Service, competing with the Post Office’s Express Messenger Service, employed a fleet of message boys who would deliver and wait for your answer.—
Hermione Lee,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida closed nine restaurants in 2025 and five during the first quarter of 2026, bringing its fleet down to 53 locations, which will be up for grabs in a bankruptcy sale slated for mid-May.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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That included intercept, de-mining, strike, future convoy and escort and patrol operations at sea, Rogynskyy added.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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With his son along for the ride, Luis shows strangers photos of the missing girl, joining a few of them on a convoy to the next party.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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Following the United States’ launch of Operation Epic Fury late last month, Iran deployed its own armada of light-weight, low-cost attack drones.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2026
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An armada of steely clouds with coal-black hulls was scudding between the rims, while a wash of pale pigments played across the canyon walls in a way that was entirely unfamiliar to me.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Navy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navy. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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