Maryanne Wolf

Look around on your next plane trip. The iPad is the new pacifier for babies and toddlers. Younger school-aged children read stories on smartphones; older boys don't read at all, but hunch over video games. Parents and other passengers read on Kindles or skim a flotilla of email and news feeds.

American Educator

Ehud Olmert

In Israel, we are sorry for the loss of life of Turkish citizens in May 2010, when Israel confronted a provocative flotilla of ships bound for Gaza. I am sure that the proper way to express these sentiments to the Turkish government and the Turkish people can be found.

Israeli Politician

Seth Shostak

According to 'Star Trek' mythos, Starfleet Command - operational headquarters for a flotilla of craft that keep the cosmic peace - is located in San Francisco's Presidio, in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge (still carrying traffic, even in the 23rd century).

American Scientist

Ben Fogle

I am honoured to be taking part in the Diamond Jubilee flotilla along the Thames in my 20-foot rowing boat. The energy levels will be high, partly because I'm planning to ply the crew with thermos flasks filled with Typhoo!

English Writer

Often used to refer specifically to a group of military vessels, not just any boats.

Naval Context

Implies a smaller group than a fleet, sometimes for specialized tasks.

Scaled Down

A flotilla can contain multiple squadrons, indicating an organizational structure.

Squadrons Inside

Can also refer to non-military ships, like a group of pleasure boats.

Not Always Military

Flotilla doesn't specify how many ships, offering flexibility in number.

Size Variability

Extends to any group moving together, not limited to water vessels.

Beyond Water

Implies the vehicles or people are moving together for a common goal or event.

Shared Purpose

 is a really positive way of talking about sustainable design. Far too much of the talk about the environment uses very negative language. But here it's about synergies and abundance and optimizing. And this is an important point. Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said, "If you want to build a flotilla of ships, you don't sit around talking about carpentry.

Michael Pawlyn: Using...

 life is there life and so that's what's driven the exploration of this our neighbor and fourth planet out from the Sun so in addition to Rovers studies on earth one of the other tremendous aspects of looking at at Mars is the flotilla of orbiters that we have around