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spaceship

[speys-ship] / ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp /






NOUN
unidentified flying object
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That’s impressive given that, by Musk’s own math, something in the order of $1 trillion is required to colonize Mars—if he can finally get the company’s delayed, giant spaceship working.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Weir and a small crew are sent on a recovery mission after the lost spaceship, the Event Horizon, suddenly reappears in orbit around Neptune, issuing a distress signal.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

I always wanted to own a rocket company, and with Musk navigating the spaceship, I feel confident that he will take my finances to the moon.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

He reports a sighting of an unidentified object to Nasa mission control, describing a "bogey" and "trillions of little particles" seen to the left of the spaceship.

From BBC May 8, 2026

I finally spray him with water, and he runs right into the cardboard cat carrier with the picture of a kitten in a spaceship on the side.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

A self-affirming visionary who wanted to bring hope to people, White mixed journaling with talk of spaceships and metaphysics.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

Despite what you may have heard, we haven’t yet detected any interstellar spaceships in the solar system.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

The restart of commercial missions with a mothership and two Delta spaceships opens up the potential for $450 million in annual revenue across 125 flights, analysts at Jefferies said.

From Barron's Apr. 6, 2026

The spaceships of the future—the ones we imagine, or design on paper—have the signature feature of never blowing up.

From Slate Dec. 9, 2025

On the second day after the space launch Big Ma said to JimmyTrotter, “Now, son, you’ve watched enough flying spaceships for today. I need to see my program.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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