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Recent Examples of airship
The Cardboard Cosmos: A Lilliputian World display is packed with tiny, intricate mockups of cardboard items such as houses, furniture, and futuristic airships.
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2025
The most recent announcement is a US$50-million order from UK airship transport operation Straightline Aviation.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The airship's helium volume reaches 6.3 million cubic feet, enabling it to reach a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
But those catastrophes—and the most unforgettable airship disaster, the explosion of the Hindenburg in 1937—couldn’t deflate enthusiasm for the Goodyear Blimp.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2025
The most recent announcement is a US$50-million order from UK airship transport operation Straightline Aviation.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The airship's helium volume reaches 6.3 million cubic feet, enabling it to reach a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
But those catastrophes—and the most unforgettable airship disaster, the explosion of the Hindenburg in 1937—couldn’t deflate enthusiasm for the Goodyear Blimp.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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However, the aircraft itself did suffer a lot of damage.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Police searched the Boeing 777 plane, which had about 339 passengers and 10 crewmembers, after the aircraft landed, according to an airline spokesperson.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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The Knight IEMs ship with high-quality 8-core OCC cable with OFC silver plating.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The currents in the East River are quite strong, and may have been one of the causes why the Mexican Navy ship Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge earlier this month.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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But now, the sight of American airplanes over Manila signaled a shift in the tide of war.—
Jeff Langholz,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people, according to court papers filed Friday.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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The injured man, who was conscious at the time, was put into a harness and flown while attached to the helicopter with the 150-foot rope, Soukup said.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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The soldier is American, while the helicopter belongs to the Royal Canadian Air Force.—
Gavin John,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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However, when there were around four hours left of the journey, the plane had to be diverted to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport due to an onboard incident.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Some contrails last long enough for other planes to fly by creating crisscrossing lines.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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By studying the images, engineers can confirm and enhance the sonic-boom-deadening properties for the XB-1's airframe.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Pentagon bans on Chinese components don’t extend to parts like airframes, engines and batteries, but relying on them can still be risky.—
David Jeans,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 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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Currently, most trailer moves are done with diesel tractors.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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What’s problematic is that Sherald’s instinct for pristine surfaces — which adds so much allure to her images of clothing — makes the tractor look as blandly commercial as an item in a mail-order catalog.—
Deborah Solomon,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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