as in motorboats
a boat equipped with a motor
speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
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Recent Examples of speedboats
Aircraft and speedboats were deployed for a major search after the group of five was reported missing on Thursday afternoon, the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) said.
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CBS News, 17 May 2026
That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
In a series of sharp engagements in the 1980s, American naval and Special Operations forces sank Iranian ships and speedboats and destroyed Iranian bases being used to attack tankers.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
For one, there is no value to Iran in intercepting cargo containers, though non-oil ships may be harassed by Iranian speedboats.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
View gallery - 6 images The Bertone Runabout has familiar performance credentials, features, and price tag – but its unique lines were penned after extensive study of the hull shapes of modern speedboats.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
But most experts on criminal cartels and deadly street drugs say military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific will also have little or no impact on overdose deaths in the United States.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
Strikes on speedboats allegedly running drugs in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — which have killed more than 80 people since early September — hardly require such firepower.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
Musk oxen can be shot from snowmobiles, narwhals and minke whales from speedboats.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
CBS News, 17 May 2026
That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
In a series of sharp engagements in the 1980s, American naval and Special Operations forces sank Iranian ships and speedboats and destroyed Iranian bases being used to attack tankers.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
For one, there is no value to Iran in intercepting cargo containers, though non-oil ships may be harassed by Iranian speedboats.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
View gallery - 6 images The Bertone Runabout has familiar performance credentials, features, and price tag – but its unique lines were penned after extensive study of the hull shapes of modern speedboats.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
But most experts on criminal cartels and deadly street drugs say military strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific will also have little or no impact on overdose deaths in the United States.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 15 Dec. 2025
Strikes on speedboats allegedly running drugs in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — which have killed more than 80 people since early September — hardly require such firepower.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
Musk oxen can be shot from snowmobiles, narwhals and minke whales from speedboats.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for speedboats
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Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Apr. 2026
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At Lake Natoma, home to the Sacramento State Aquatic Center, motorboats are more restricted, so sports like rowing, kayaking, sailing and windsurfing proliferate.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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These are all places where anglers, waterskiers, and other lake users have been running powerboats for more than 100 years.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Speedboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speedboats. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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