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airship

[air-ship] / ˈɛərˌʃɪp /


NOUN
balloon
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One reportedly failed mid-flight, with the other shot down by a US airship.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Unlike some anonymous Polymarket traders, though, the omen named for the doomed German airship couldn’t have known bombs were about to fall on Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 6, 2026

Goodyear Blimp pilot-in-training Fayth Rascon-Ryn grew up near the Carson base and would drive past the airship all the time.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

He tried to secure the airship, but he wasn’t fast enough.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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