Sentence examples of "fleet" in English

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A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy. Christophe Colomb est connu comme tacticien de renom. Une fois, il a coulé une flotte pirate en leur volant tous leurs fruits et légumes, les condamnant ainsi au scorbut.
The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him. Le mythique Kraken, trois fois plus gros qu'un bateau, attaqua un jour la flotte de Christophe Colomb... ne laissant d'autre choix à ce dernier que de manger le Kraken.
The Japanese fishing fleet catches more than 1000 whales per year on the pretext of scientific research. Les pêcheurs japonnais capturent plus de 1000 baleines par an sous prétexte de recherche scientifique.
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