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 The man, who has not been identified, was transferred from his speedboat to the Marine Unit craft, and brought to shore, where EMS services were waiting. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025 However, the speedboat crew jettisoned about 571 pounds of cocaine during the pursuit, which the Coast Guard recovered, per the agency. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 Arc first built a small electric speedboat, the Arc One, and is now building a larger vessel with the Arc Sport, with plans to expand beyond that. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025 Located 45 minutes via speedboat from Velana (Male) International Airport, the hotel features 470 rooms and villas across its three islands which are all connected by a walkway bridge. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for speedboat
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  • Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.
    Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
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  • Japanese forces lost four aircraft carriers, one cruiser and hundreds of aircraft, while the U.S. lost one carrier, one destroyer and dozens of aircraft.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Such losses would represent a significant proportion of the 11 carriers and approximately 80 cruisers and destroyers currently in service around the world.
    ANDREW S. LIM, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speedboat. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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