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Recent Examples of airship
The titular Leviathan is a whale doubling as an airship, the crew of which serves as the catalyst for the main adventure.
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Sceye, in the meantime, is working on increasing the endurance of its airship and hopes to commence commercial service in 2027.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The Hindenburg disaster, when the airship burst into flames while landing in New Jersey after carrying passengers across the Atlantic, killed 36 people.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Only two of 83 people onboard survived, and the accident helped end the United States’ airship era.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Sceye, in the meantime, is working on increasing the endurance of its airship and hopes to commence commercial service in 2027.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The Hindenburg disaster, when the airship burst into flames while landing in New Jersey after carrying passengers across the Atlantic, killed 36 people.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Only two of 83 people onboard survived, and the accident helped end the United States’ airship era.
—A.k. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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Clark, a Harvard engineer who wrote his college thesis on electric aviation 25 years ago, hopes to get the certification needed for his aircraft to carry paying passengers by the end of next year.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The second aircraft landed safely.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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When Grace first awakens on his ship, the film cuts hectically around, above, and below him, as if to approximate his mental and physical disorientation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Steve Davis, chief scientist at the Everglades Foundation, took a Miami Herald reporter in a small airplane over the wetlands last week.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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In 1952, John Madigan covered the first presidential campaign that used airplanes to move around the country.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Don Abelardo Rodriguez, son of the Mexican president, spotted this plot of land from helicopter and turned it into a private home and eventually the region's first resort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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The unit has up to 2,400 troops and its command vessel, the USS Tripoli, carries a squadron of F-35 fighters, V-22 Ospreys and helicopters.—
Skylar Woodhouse,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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In the early nineteen-fifties, three planes crashed in her home town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in a span of about two months.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sean Miller’s Longhorns survive and will hop on a plane to fly 2,250 miles to Portland.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The airframe is currently scheduled to remain in service until at least 2050, and upgrade programs are constantly being delayed.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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With this in mind, engineers are always looking for things to toss out of an airframe.—
David Szondy
March 11,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2026
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No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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The technology can fuel any form of transport, including yachts, ships, ferries, aeroplanes, trains, cars, buses, and trucks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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Piehsak has six brothers and sisters, and their mother is at a loss because her husband, the only one who can drive the heavy tractor, was called up to join a unit at the frontline.—
John Vink,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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Visitors can stroll through acres of giant Tecolote ranunculus or take in the blooms from a tractor wagon.—
Martina Schimitschek,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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