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: an airship that maintains its form by pressure from contained gas
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Blimp
: colonel blimp
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That could be a spaceship flying over an alien planet, a blimp over a European city set in the 1950s drawing from a photo, or an tapir running through far reaches of the Amazon rainforest.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2026
Fire up the blimp and get Chalamet that Oscar.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The blimp, Marty jackets, the orange ping-pong balls, the fake Zoom meeting with his PR team, Susan Boyle, the Sphere, a verse on an EsDeeKid remix — at the time of writing, Timothée Chalamet is still going (probably), working overtime to get butts in theaters and an Oscar in his hand.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
The stamps include a blimp, a ping pong ball and paddle, the movie's tagline and logo.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2026
Fire up the blimp and get Chalamet that Oscar.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
The blimp, Marty jackets, the orange ping-pong balls, the fake Zoom meeting with his PR team, Susan Boyle, the Sphere, a verse on an EsDeeKid remix — at the time of writing, Timothée Chalamet is still going (probably), working overtime to get butts in theaters and an Oscar in his hand.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
The stamps include a blimp, a ping pong ball and paddle, the movie's tagline and logo.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Blimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blimp. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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blimp
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: an airship filled with gas like a balloon
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