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blimp

[blimp] / blɪmp /
NOUN
airship
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The company, in response, designed cameras largely from scratch, as well as a new camera sound blimp for the film.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

When I think of Donald Trump, I envision a blimp flying overhead with huge flashing lights blazing “The world is yours!”

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

But like the blimp itself, the club began to slowly and steadily take off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

Others about its ridership capacities — a rare and coveted experience among blimp fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

A huge pink creature soared over the reservoir—a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade nightmare blimp with wings.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

And blimps could stay aloft longer than helicopters.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2024

And unlike blimps and balloons, airships aren’t just a bag filled with gas.

From NewsForKids.net ● Dec. 7, 2023

In June 2017, one of his blimps crashed and burned on live television at the men’s U.S.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

But fear not, the atmosphere — a domed mural of flying blimps and hot air balloons graces the ceiling — is not one of a search party.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

The sky was speckled with puffy silver blimps tethered to the ground by long webs of cable.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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