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Recent Examples of airship
The storm punctured the airship and caused a gas leak.
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
But critics were quick to point out that airships’ giant size hindered this aim.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
So figure a dozen or fewer airships still in operation ... across the entire world.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Goodyear says the prize also includes a $3,000 voucher for travel and accommodations to one of Goodyear’s three U.S. airship bases.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
But critics were quick to point out that airships’ giant size hindered this aim.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
So figure a dozen or fewer airships still in operation ... across the entire world.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Goodyear says the prize also includes a $3,000 voucher for travel and accommodations to one of Goodyear’s three U.S. airship bases.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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An aircraft alledgedly carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Instead, Ukraine’s military was able to reposition matériel to avoid Russian strikes and shoot down a troop transport aircraft.—
The Editors,
National Review,
11 Mar. 2025
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In separate raids on Crimean anchorages in February, May and June 2024, the USVs sank a corvette, a landing ship, a patrol boat and a tugboat.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The service tallied 296 battle force ships (aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combatants, amphibious ships, and logistics and support ships) in December.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) was forced to scramble fighter jets three times over President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in South Florida on Saturday after airplanes violated restricted airspace.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Before becoming a microscopic artist, Lindon was an engineer who worked on the small instrumentation inside airplane cockpits.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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We were given very strict safety instructions on how to walk out to the helicopter, how to enter, and who sits where to balance the load.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Safety officials said poor weather conditions in the area prevented helicopter flights, and state troopers, avalanche experts and recovery teams were unable to assess the slide area for recovery options.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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New planes’ longer ranges compared with older models are opening up new nonstop routes for carriers.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2025
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Whether traveling by train, bus, plane, or car, this mini purifier will help clean the air around you and your little ones.—
Ramona Saviss,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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The two argued that advances in composite airframe construction would allow lighter supersonic aircraft that would generate less of a boom than the pioneering Concorde airliner, recommending that the FAA rewrite those rules to restrict sound, not speed.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
10 Feb. 2025
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That work is usually divided into three categories, covering the airframe — or body, wings and tail of a plane — the engine and various other components.—
Niraj Chokshi,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol.—
Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Other options, including gravity tractors, ion beams and nuclear devices, may provide better defenses and should be the subject of serious study.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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How is your tractor actually saving farmers money and time?—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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