speedboat
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Brown, from Clacton, Essex, was fatally thrown from his speedboat boat on the River Thames, when it hit a submerged tree trunk, in December 2015.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
Ten of them this past week boarded a speedboat for what one of them told relatives was a fishing trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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
“There’s a speedboat I take every morning with a man named Mister Lochana.”
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
In addition to a metal fence and a floating barrier installed earlier this week, Morocco had dispatched army officers, navy speedboats and drones to the border on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
This included "ghost speedboats" which are designed to avoid registration and detection, which are prohibited in Spain.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The vessels deployed in Sunday’s attack, known as Saronic Corsairs, are 24-foot-long speedboats that can travel more than 1,000 miles and carry payloads of up to 1,000 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
But he couldn’t resist a little modernity here and there; he sped around his lake in gleaming speedboats.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
