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No one was injured when the blimp crashed at a Coral Springs industrial park on Sample Road, just east of the Sawgrass Expressway.—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026 And now, his face could be on a float or a blimp in middle of the Canyon of Heroes when the Knicks celebrate their championship later this week.—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 The drone looks like a miniature blimp surrounded by a ring of propellers.—Noah Daly
updated May 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2026 The Wonderfools ends in an epic, two-part finale that sees Chae-ni and her friends trying to stop the Church of Eternal Salvation from exploding a blimp of chemicals over the entire town.—Kayti Burt, Time, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for blimp
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Etymology
imitative; perhaps from the sound made by striking the gas bag with the thumb