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speedboat

[speed-boht] / ˈspidˌboʊt /
NOUN
racing boat
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Farzin Nadimi, an Iran-focused senior fellow with the Washington Institute, a U.S.-based think tank, said more than 60% of the Revolutionary Guard’s fast-attack craft and speedboat fleet remains intact.

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

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

Linda sent some people out in a speedboat to pick me up and bring me back ashore.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana