speedboat
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On Monday, a speedboat carrying eight people, including five journalists working for local and international news agencies went missing near a volcano, Mount Anak Krakatau, in Banten province and a search is ongoing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Several tourist vessels operating in the area quickly came to the rescue, finding many passengers trapped inside the speedboat, Vietnam's VnExpress reported.
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
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
Another big bluefin whooshing along the surface like a speedboat, throwing a wake, chomping on tinker.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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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
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
Central Command said it used Apache helicopters to sink the Iranian speedboats that were harassing traffic in the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
The canal was disgusting—smelly and salty and as warm as soup—but Frank forged through it, dodging gondolas and speedboats, pausing occasionally to chitter dolphin insults at the monsters who followed him on the sidewalks.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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