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speedboat

[speed-boht] / ˈspidˌboʊt /
NOUN
racing boat
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More than 60% of those fast-attack craft and speedboat vessels remain intact and continue to pose a threat, according to Farzin Nadimi, an Iran-focused senior fellow with the Washington Institute, a U.S.-based think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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 chosen group of 30 boys filmed on mountain tops and in the jungle, mangroves, waterfalls and beaches on a remote island off Langkawi, which they travelled to by speedboat.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 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

When we leave the beach, she takes my hand and walks me to waterfront, and stands there and watches me leave on Mister Lochana’s speedboat.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender