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airship

[air-ship] / ˈɛərˌʃɪp /


NOUN
balloon
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An early critic compared Salon to an old-fashioned airship, richly appointed and comfortable but more slow-moving than an actual plane.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Dark Knight was filmed on location in Chicago and Hong Kong, while large indoor sets were built at the airship hangars in Cardington, Bedfordshire.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

As the airship made its final approach, at about 7:15 that evening, it was running some 12 hours late.

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 instant later the whole airship bloomed into a rose of white fire, engulfing the intention craft, which hung motionless and unharmed in the middle of it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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