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
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
“We can tell you it’s a tanker, it’s a fishing vessel, it’s a speedboat, it’s a sailing boat,” said Zack Spica, a University of Michigan assistant professor who co-founded Lumetec, which is selling the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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
Quang-ha has the television remote, and he moves through the channels in a way that a grandmother might turn the pages of a speedboat catalog featuring water skis.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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
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
Iran has effectively closed it through the threat of drones, missiles and small speedboats, sending shock waves through the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
As well as the 35m-long sub, the security forces also seized six speedboats, seven outboard motors and dozens of barrels of fuel.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
A fleet of a dozen speedboats raced through the dark water toward Manhattan.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
