Fleet
Fleet adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.
Usage example: a jewel thief said to be light of heart and fleet of foot
Late
Late adjective - Not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.
Both words in one sentence
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Taking out the fleet's larger ships was key to Army Group North's hopes of taking the city by force in late 1941, as the fleet's naval artillery would made a direct attack on the city very costly.
Source: Airstrike Impossible - Unfortunately, she was two minutes too late, and Chin and her entire fleet were wiped out in what was probably the biggest massacre of the series up until that point.
Source: Oh Crap / Literature -
Arriving too late to see the destruction, you are however in time to defend the couple of surviving capital ships from the Earth fleet.
Source: Video Game / Strike Suit Zero
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Late or Fleet. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fleet/late.
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