speedboat
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Fifteen people have died after a speedboat carrying Indian tourists capsized near a island in the south of Vietnam, according to local media reports.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
A video on the website shows two Sinoguards employees arriving by speedboat at a tanker in the Gulf of Oman marked with the name and logo of Cosco Shipping, a state-run Chinese shipping giant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
A ragtag group took to the Straits of Florida on a speedboat, wanting to spark a rebellion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
The interior ministry said earlier that the speedboat had entered its territorial waters and was "one nautical mile off Cayo Falcones" on the country's northern coast when it was intercepted.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
We had to be careful in that boat, though, because sometimes bigger boats with engines carrying tourists would zoom by and almost hit us like a speedboat hitting a manatee.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
People used speedboats and more jet skis to comb the waters surrounding Koh Samui and towards the nearby island of Koh Phangan searching for the family, the Bangkok Post reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Often, the group used a fleet of high-powered speedboats to conduct rapid maritime operations.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The US military said it had struck over 80 targets including Iranian speedboats in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
U.S. authorities deny any part in the puzzling series of events, which involved a pair of 35-ton fishing craft — not the sleek speedboats typically pictured in Department of Defense videos of maritime strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
A fleet of a dozen speedboats raced through the dark water toward Manhattan.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
