Examples of speedboat in a Sentence
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Taiwanese officials have said that the unlicensed Chinese speedboat entered Taiwanese waters near Kinmen, ignored demands from a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel to stop, and tried to race away.
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Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Three months later, his business manager, George Ullman, put Valentino’s possessions up for public sale—not only his speedboat, his onyx pocket watch, and his black velvet riding habit but also his spats and silk underwear and a hundred and forty-six pairs of his socks.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
For entrepreneurs who can be as nimble as speedboats, not clunky cruiseship-like big tech entities who have to go through red tape, legislation and company politics, this marks opportunity.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But the sea around Kinmen has again turned tense after two Chinese men onboard a speedboat died in the area last month while trying to flee a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel.
—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Is there a more thrilling way to start a holiday than by racing across the Indian Ocean on a speedboat?
—Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2024
Their plan: use a bulldozer to ram-raid the brand new Millennium Dome in broad daylight, steal the world’s second biggest flawless diamond, worth £200 million, and escape by speedboat down the Thames.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Taiwan on Thursday defended the actions of its coast guard after two people on a Chinese speedboat, which got too close to a front-line Taiwanese island, died when their boat overturned while trying to flee a coast guard ship.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
The video, which was taken by a local resident who was in the water at the time, shows a white-colored speedboat dashing up toward Marine Street beach in La Jolla, about 10 miles north of downtown San Diego.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Three months later, his business manager, George Ullman, put Valentino’s possessions up for public sale—not only his speedboat, his onyx pocket watch, and his black velvet riding habit but also his spats and silk underwear and a hundred and forty-six pairs of his socks.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
For entrepreneurs who can be as nimble as speedboats, not clunky cruiseship-like big tech entities who have to go through red tape, legislation and company politics, this marks opportunity.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
But the sea around Kinmen has again turned tense after two Chinese men onboard a speedboat died in the area last month while trying to flee a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel.
—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Is there a more thrilling way to start a holiday than by racing across the Indian Ocean on a speedboat?
—Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2024
Their plan: use a bulldozer to ram-raid the brand new Millennium Dome in broad daylight, steal the world’s second biggest flawless diamond, worth £200 million, and escape by speedboat down the Thames.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Taiwan on Thursday defended the actions of its coast guard after two people on a Chinese speedboat, which got too close to a front-line Taiwanese island, died when their boat overturned while trying to flee a coast guard ship.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
The video, which was taken by a local resident who was in the water at the time, shows a white-colored speedboat dashing up toward Marine Street beach in La Jolla, about 10 miles north of downtown San Diego.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speedboat. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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speedboat
noun
speed·boat
ˈspēd-ˌbōt 
: a fast motorboat
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