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airship

[air-ship] / ˈɛərˌʃɪp /


NOUN
balloon
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After the mooring lines were dropped, passengers and crew heard a faint bang and felt a shudder deep within the airship, which was at that point well more than 100 feet in the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The indicator is named after the German passenger airship that was involved in a historic disaster in 1937.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026

An airship crashes into the ocean with three golfers apparently oblivious as they hole out on a seaside course.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

American Walter Wellman was the first to try to reach the North Pole by airship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2024

The huge wave swept over, and when it had passed, the airship and the robot were gone.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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