airship

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Recent Examples of airship So, the airship was not able to see what the officers observed during the welfare check. Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025 Helium alone is not enough to move the airship though, Goodyear’s blimps are equipped with three four-cylinder 200 hp engines, one on either side and one at the rear. Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 Others were taken into custody on charges of possessing a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and discharging a laser at a police airship. Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025 Like other airship projects, though, progress has been slow, bumpy and always uncertain. New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for airship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
Noun
  • One million or more spectators are expected along the lakefront Aug. 16-17 to watch demonstrations by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team and a variety of other civilian and military aircraft.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The team used high-resolution topographic data from satellites, aircraft and drones to detect fault scarps, narrow ridges formed when the ground shifts during an earthquake, that were previously hidden under dense forest and glacial deposits.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At the time, Wei was a petty officer who held a security clearance and worked as a machinist’s mate aboard the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Little ones will love the LEGO Parade, where characters march through the ship, and the Pirate's Cove Aquapark.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, airports did not exist during the American Revolutionary War, as the first successful airplane flight occurred in 1903.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Both airplane makers have repeatedly opted for incremental changes that squeeze efficiencies out of their top-selling models, rather than going the more expensive route of designing a replacement aircraft from scratch.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The search for Top involved over 50 personnel, including local police units and partner agencies, and employed ATVs, drones, and helicopter support, police said in an update on July 31.
    David Chiu, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • With its own helicopter pad on the top of the 38-story tower, the Rolls-Royce showroom and Houston's only Bugatti dealership on the ground floor, you will be immersed in luxury from head to toe.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With a range of 46 miles, the SDBs give the A-10 a standoff capability, which may seem ironic for a close air support plane.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • From left: Baby Bear waits at the airfield next to a private plane; and stands with a volunteer sat on the floor.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • They were created with affordability in mind so different branches of the military could use a standardized airframe with the ability to satisfy varying requirements, Stringer said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 July 2025
  • Getting an airframe from concept to a 5,000-ft (1,500-m) elevation is nothing short of difficult, to say the least ... and prohibitively expensive.
    Joe Salas May 07, New Atlas, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • Birkin famously sketched her ideal bag on an aeroplane sickness bag and the rest is history.
    Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, a tractor usually comes along within minutes to grab the full bins and transport them back to the barn for stitching.
    Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The semi driver was trapped inside the cab and died at the scene; the tractor driver was able to get out before it was engulfed by the fire.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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