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Recent Examples of airship
Moments later, a police airship known as Air 16 responded to the call and arrived at the scene, hovering over the property.
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 23 July 2025
In the past airships like Zeppelins and blimps used hydrogen but for obvious fiery reasons, helium is now the preferred option.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The others were in connection with resisting a police officer, pointing a laser at an airship, and for a robbery warrant following a detention for curfew.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 14 June 2025
Goodyear began making airships for the U.S. Navy in 1917, and its first blimp — the first commercial non-rigid airship flown using helium — launched years later, becoming a marketing tool.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune, 3 June 2025
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Danielle Bacher, People.com, 23 July 2025
In the past airships like Zeppelins and blimps used hydrogen but for obvious fiery reasons, helium is now the preferred option.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
The others were in connection with resisting a police officer, pointing a laser at an airship, and for a robbery warrant following a detention for curfew.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 14 June 2025
Goodyear began making airships for the U.S. Navy in 1917, and its first blimp — the first commercial non-rigid airship flown using helium — launched years later, becoming a marketing tool.
—Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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Around 70 aircraft from 14 allied nations took part in the exercise, the statement said, operating out of airbases in the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Denmark.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Atlantic Container Line vessel, which carries both containers (80% capacity) as well as various kinds of large freight cargo, from tractors to aircraft wings and power plant equipment.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Moscow has been accused of hybrid warfare measures in the region; German media outlet Kieler Nachrichten reported Thursday that the Russian amphibious Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin anchored off the German coast and blocked a key shipping route between the Baltic and the North Seas.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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That research, for example, recently discovered a survivor of the 1912 Titanic disaster was – by sheer chance – buried within feet of a man who worked on the ship that rescued her.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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An American Airlines Airbus A321 taxis at San Diego International Airport as a United Airlines airplane departs on August 24, 2024 in San Diego, California.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Schichts managed to survive and thrive, building the company, merging with Unilever, founding a cinema, building international networks and even taking to the skies in airplane races.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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The same outlet reported that the two previously had a heated exchange on board the presidential helicopter.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
27 Oct. 2025
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Their efforts have included agents rappelling from Black Hawk helicopters to raid an apartment building in the middle of the night and masked agents chasing people in the heart of Chicago's Mexican community.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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The two walked together from the plane to their waiting limousine, Ohtani dressed in a black training suit and cap while Tanaka sported an all-black outfit.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Looking forward to seeing Becks on our plane ride home.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These lightweight screens add to the smooth, streamlined design of the laminar-flow airframe, engineered to minimize drag and improve fuel efficiency.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2025
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Depending on mission requirements, the modular airframe can scale from Group 3 systems, weighing 56 and 1,320 pounds, to Group 4 and 5 classes exceeding 1,320 pounds.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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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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Her child looks up at the aeroplane in the sky, flying through dusk, through twilight, flying through the beginning of the end of the day.—
Deborah Levy,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The crash involved a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, a 2017 Ford Fusion and a 2018 Freightliner tractor-trailer.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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After the crash, the SUV was reportedly struck by a tractor-trailer that was traveling in the right lane behind the vehicle.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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