speedboat

Example Sentences

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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

At least one American citizen was shot dead and another injured by Cuban officials intercepting a speedboat off its coast on Wednesday, a US official has said.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Lane Kiffin, by contrast, bailed on his players and now resembles a renegade pirate at the helm of a flashy speedboat — fast, loud, brash and obsessively searching for buried treasure.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

"A tanker of this size cannot be turned around in a matter of days, like a speedboat turning 180 degrees in the other direction. It takes time."

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

Pong liked to picture himself as a grown man with a good job and a full belly, lounging in the back of that slick speedboat, with Somkit at the wheel.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat