speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline
Recent Examples on the WebThen, singer Yungblud recorded a cover version which plays during an action sequence involving a speedboat.—Meredith Woerner, Variety, 3 May 2024 Taiwanese officials have said that the unlicensed Chinese speedboat entered Taiwanese waters near Kinmen, ignored demands from a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel to stop, and tried to race away.—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024 Three months later, his business manager, George Ullman, put Valentino’s possessions up for public sale—not only his speedboat, his onyx pocket watch, and his black velvet riding habit but also his spats and silk underwear and a hundred and forty-six pairs of his socks.—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 For entrepreneurs who can be as nimble as speedboats, not clunky cruiseship-like big tech entities who have to go through red tape, legislation and company politics, this marks opportunity.—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024 But the sea around Kinmen has again turned tense after two Chinese men onboard a speedboat died in the area last month while trying to flee a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel.—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024 Is there a more thrilling way to start a holiday than by racing across the Indian Ocean on a speedboat?—Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2024 Their plan: use a bulldozer to ram-raid the brand new Millennium Dome in broad daylight, steal the world’s second biggest flawless diamond, worth £200 million, and escape by speedboat down the Thames.—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024 Taiwan on Thursday defended the actions of its coast guard after two people on a Chinese speedboat, which got too close to a front-line Taiwanese island, died when their boat overturned while trying to flee a coast guard ship.—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
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