as in motorboat
a boat equipped with a motor
his friend had a powerboat and took them out waterskiing
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Recent Examples of powerboat
Horne is founder and chair of a separate company, Seabird, which focuses on electric powerboat design and development.
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Marylou Costa, Contributer, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
Some 3,092 powerboats sold for a collective $1.38 billion in 2024, whereas only 1,665 sailboats changed hands for a total of $368 million.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024
The deputies arrived at the scene and found a 25-foot fiberglass hull powerboat on fire, authorities added.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
Azimut Yachts is diving into the world’s first electric powerboat league.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
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Marylou Costa, Contributer, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
Some 3,092 powerboats sold for a collective $1.38 billion in 2024, whereas only 1,665 sailboats changed hands for a total of $368 million.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024
The deputies arrived at the scene and found a 25-foot fiberglass hull powerboat on fire, authorities added.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
Azimut Yachts is diving into the world’s first electric powerboat league.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for powerboat
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When Eastman tried to escape, he was shot in the leg, then forced onto a motorboat by his abductors.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jansson spent much of her life living in a cottage like this one – all wooden planks and questionable plumbing – where, in the film, Sophia, her father (Anders Danielsen Lie, quietly rewarding as ever) and Grandma arrive on a motorboat in the first scene.Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024
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In 2021, federal prosecutors charged Iranian agents with plotting to kidnap her from her home, then carry her by speedboat to Venezuela for transfer to Iran, and either imprisonment or death.Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
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The Hezbollah naval base held a training center, an area to conduct experiments and military speedboats that were intended to be used in attacks on Israeli navy vessels and targets within Israel’s territorial waters, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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These departments immediately ran into serious problems using the vehicles as cruisers, such as a lack of charging infrastructure, inadequate interior space, expensive and lengthy retrofitting processes, interference from advanced driver safety assistance systems and more.Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Powerboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powerboat. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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