Sentence examples for flotilla toward from inspiring English sources

Russia announced Tuesday that it was sending a small flotilla toward Tartus, possibly to evacuate its citizens who live in Syria.

Groups of Palestinian advocates in chartered vessels are scheduled to depart from a number of European ports this month and assemble into a flotilla heading toward Gaza to challenge Israel's blockade and commemorate the deaths of a year ago.

The turmoil that began in Tunisia and Libya last spring has sent about a million people fleeing across borders and a flotilla of boats headed toward Lampedusa — the closest European shore.

With a flotilla of "peace activists" steaming toward the blockaded Gaza strip, Israeli authorities have been worrying about a showdown turning into a public relations disaster.

The White House, which has been pushing Israel for a new approach toward Gaza since the flotilla raid, said that President Obama and Mr. Netanyahu would meet in Washington on July 6, a rescheduling of a meeting canceled after the raid, when Mr. Netanyahu cut short a trip abroad.

Cormorants on nearby pilings stretched their necks toward a pink-streaked sky while a flotilla of swans drifted by.

"There was a constant flotilla of barges taking construction detritus away from the city, toward the Jersey shore," he said.

A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the South Pacific, officials said Tuesday.

Ms. Rosenthal turned toward the mirrored wall and concentrated on primping her tousled blond hair, missing the Morgan Stanley flotilla that sailed past.

The flotilla ignored the order.

The flotilla was richly varied.