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
Two speedboat racers are lucky to be alive after a terrifying crash at Lake Havasu in Arizona on Saturday in which their vessel went flipping and flying through the air before slamming back onto the surface of the water.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Before that, the islands—reached by a 30-minute speedboat ride from the mainland—had been frequented only by fishermen.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Surfer and influencer Javiera Ortiz was killed at age 34 in a speedboat accident that occurred on the coast of Chile on Feb. 21.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Most guests arrive via Anantara's private speedboat, which departs from Koh Samui and cuts across the Gulf of Thailand.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Before that, the islands—reached by a 30-minute speedboat ride from the mainland—had been frequented only by fishermen.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Surfer and influencer Javiera Ortiz was killed at age 34 in a speedboat accident that occurred on the coast of Chile on Feb. 21.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Most guests arrive via Anantara's private speedboat, which departs from Koh Samui and cuts across the Gulf of Thailand.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speedboat
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On the eve of the indictments, Juarez posted to social media a picture of a peaceful scene: Himself on a large motorboat, a silver watch on his wrist, with a yellow and orange sun setting on the horizon behind him.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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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
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However, body camera footage showed the SUV crashing into Carroll's cruiser and the restaurant structure before Carroll opened fire.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Japan lost four aircraft carriers, one cruiser, and hundreds of aircraft, while the U.S. lost one carrier, one destroyer and 144 aircraft during the battle.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Speedboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speedboat. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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