as in motorboat
a boat equipped with a motor
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Recent Examples of speedboat
Of course Trump’s attacks on speedboats in the Caribbean are not justified.
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Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Barely a 30-minute speedboat ride from Athens, Keá is the nearest Cycladic island to the mainland.
—Bridget Arsenault, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
The first shots The lethal strike on a speedboat allegedly tied to the cartel —though highly controversial— was a clear message to Maduro’s inner circle, De La Cruz said.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
The president's post was accompanied by video clips showing a speedboat traveling through the ocean, with one of the videos appearing to be infrared, before it was hit and destroyed by a large explosion.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Barely a 30-minute speedboat ride from Athens, Keá is the nearest Cycladic island to the mainland.
—Bridget Arsenault, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
The first shots The lethal strike on a speedboat allegedly tied to the cartel —though highly controversial— was a clear message to Maduro’s inner circle, De La Cruz said.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
The president's post was accompanied by video clips showing a speedboat traveling through the ocean, with one of the videos appearing to be infrared, before it was hit and destroyed by a large explosion.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speedboat
Noun
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The complaint accused Coconut Grove Sailing Club and three counselors, including the one who operated the motorboat, of various counts of negligence.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Leith returned me to shore in a motorboat.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the footage, Officer Hunter Weaver is seen stepping out of his cruiser and twice ordering a man, later identified as Frank Mejia Aguilar, to show his hands, once using an expletive.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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Deputies Shayne Leggett and Andrew Daymut were on the scene attempting to corral the determined emu using catch poles, while dispatchers monitored the unfolding situation via live feeds from the deputies’ cruiser cameras and body cameras.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Interested parties will also have a chance to buy an Aero Hunton XRS37 powerboat.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Powering over the horizon on my beloved center console powerboat and not wearing a shirt for long periods of time!—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speedboat. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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