as in motorboats
a boat equipped with a motor
his friend had a powerboat and took them out waterskiing
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Recent Examples of powerboats
These are all places where anglers, waterskiers, and other lake users have been running powerboats for more than 100 years.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powerboats
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Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2026
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At Lake Natoma, home to the Sacramento State Aquatic Center, motorboats are more restricted, so sports like rowing, kayaking, sailing and windsurfing proliferate.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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In a series of sharp engagements in the 1980s, American naval and Special Operations forces sank Iranian ships and speedboats and destroyed Iranian bases being used to attack tankers.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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For one, there is no value to Iran in intercepting cargo containers, though non-oil ships may be harassed by Iranian speedboats.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Powerboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerboats. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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