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Recent Examples of airship
Goodyear says the prize also includes a $3,000 voucher for travel and accommodations to one of Goodyear’s three U.S. airship bases.
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Kidnapped, she will be carried to the airship and open it to the rest of her party.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Jan. 2025
To put that into perspective, the Hindenburg airship, infamous for being filled with hydrogen before its catastrophic demise, was filled with roughly 18 metric tons of hydrogen.
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
Our next stop was the 30-foot plaster bas-relief The Spirit of Transportation, which depicts modes of transit beginning on the far left with oxen pulling a Conestoga wagon and culminating on the right with a child holding an airship—the future in 1895 when it was carved.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
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Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
Kidnapped, she will be carried to the airship and open it to the rest of her party.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Jan. 2025
To put that into perspective, the Hindenburg airship, infamous for being filled with hydrogen before its catastrophic demise, was filled with roughly 18 metric tons of hydrogen.
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
Our next stop was the 30-foot plaster bas-relief The Spirit of Transportation, which depicts modes of transit beginning on the far left with oxen pulling a Conestoga wagon and culminating on the right with a child holding an airship—the future in 1895 when it was carved.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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The number of deaths aboard aircraft in the United States is also on the decline.—
Melissa Chan,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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In other economic news Thursday, orders for long-lasting goods such as aircraft, appliances and computers unexpectedly jumped 3.1% in January, a potential sign of attempts to make big-ticket purchases ahead of an acceleration in tariffs.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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What to Know The U.S. Treasury and State Departments sanctioned over 30 individuals and ships, including leaders of Iran's National Iranian Oil Company and Iranian Oil Terminals Company for their role in brokering crude oil sales.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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To be sure, Nvidia could right the momentum ship this week.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
25 Feb. 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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This decline may very well have been exacerbated by another airplane crash in November 2001.—
Harry Enten,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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The helicopter is utilized by the 1-228th Aviation Regiment out of the Soto Cano Air Base near Comayagua, Honduras.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
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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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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Starmer said the United Kingdom is ready to back the plan with boots on the ground and planes in the air.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 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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Labor accounts for most of the cost of airframe maintenance, so airlines in wealthier countries often send that work to countries where wages are lower.—
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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Lyrically, the song brims with imagery of rural living — wide open plains, John Deere tractors and glowing red sunsets — while the song’s protagonist dreams of building a family and a future in those same, slow-rolling rural settings.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
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Or what is the effect on the farmers when the arrival of a single tractor costing 3000 yuan — a multiple of their collective annual income — promises to obliterate their very understanding of living with the land?—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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