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: an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas
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Blimp
: colonel blimp
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Writing in the journal npj Wireless Technology, the trio proposes using airships, also commonly known as blimps, to lift quantum computers to the stratosphere.
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New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
Pathfinder, which is notably not a blimp, aims to differentiate itself from an era of poor public perception that dates back to the 1937 Hindenburg disaster.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Built in 1942 to house blimps patrolling the West Coast during World War II, the hangar and its southern twin were landmarks of the former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station, which shuttered in 1999.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 8 Oct. 2025
The blimp delivered the 10-week-old pups from Long Beach, California, to Carson, California.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
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New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
Pathfinder, which is notably not a blimp, aims to differentiate itself from an era of poor public perception that dates back to the 1937 Hindenburg disaster.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Built in 1942 to house blimps patrolling the West Coast during World War II, the hangar and its southern twin were landmarks of the former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station, which shuttered in 1999.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 8 Oct. 2025
The blimp delivered the 10-week-old pups from Long Beach, California, to Carson, California.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blimp. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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blimp
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: an airship filled with gas like a balloon
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