Examples of speedboat in a Sentence
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Isla Barú and Islas del Rosario Drive out to the white sands of Isla Barú or take a speedboat ride to the more remote Islas del Rosario for what are the best beaches near Cartagena on this side of Tayrona National Park.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
The resort occupies its own private motu (islet) just 20 minutes by speedboat from Bora Bora’s airport.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
But most experts on criminal cartels and deadly street drugs say military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific will also have little or no impact on overdose deaths in the United States.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
Strikes on speedboats allegedly running drugs in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — which have killed more than 80 people since early September — hardly require such firepower.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2026
The resort occupies its own private motu (islet) just 20 minutes by speedboat from Bora Bora’s airport.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
But most experts on criminal cartels and deadly street drugs say military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific will also have little or no impact on overdose deaths in the United States.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
Strikes on speedboats allegedly running drugs in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — which have killed more than 80 people since early September — hardly require such firepower.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speedboat. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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speedboat
noun
speed·boat
ˈspēd-ˌbōt 
: a fast motorboat
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