noun
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Origin of powerboat
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Ovidiu Dabija headed for the border at dawn after manoeuvring his SUV with a 31ft-long Sterk powerboat out of a yard in Timisoara, the main city in western Romania.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Pastrana, mind you, is a decorated X Games star and has won championships in supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, rally racing and, most recently, offshore powerboat racing.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2023
He maintained his strut and bravado off-screen, earning a black belt in karate and pursuing hobbies such as powerboat racing and roping steers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022
In 2016, the semi-retired accountant from Sherman Oaks added a yacht to his boat collection: a sleek black-and-white Tiara 53 powerboat that he named Pied-a-Mer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
In the small powerboat he’d hired, Bud Schlesinger rode the wild water, scouring the chaos all around with his eyes, and trying to calm the fears of the owner.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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