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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.
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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
Santa runs a high-tech metropolis with elves, airships and special-mission forces: Delivering presents is a huge operation done with military precision so there can’t be any shenanigans.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
There was a group of sea scouts who were holding onto an airship, and a gust of wind blew the ship into the air and pulled them hundreds of feet with it.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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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
Santa runs a high-tech metropolis with elves, airships and special-mission forces: Delivering presents is a huge operation done with military precision so there can’t be any shenanigans.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
There was a group of sea scouts who were holding onto an airship, and a gust of wind blew the ship into the air and pulled them hundreds of feet with it.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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Over the years, this aircraft has had more than 21 major accidents and over 64 personnel killed and 93 injured.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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On Monday, one person was killed, and several others were injured when a private jet owned by rock singer Vince Neil collided with another aircraft at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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This config ships with an Intel Core i5 processor and 8GB of RAM, but HP has some alternate options as well.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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Set to launch this year, the company's 14th ship will sail entirely off biofuel and wind and water propulsion.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Emma Green reports » The state of airline safety: The President has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees, even as airplane accidents are occurring at an alarming frequency.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Most of the 62 total airplane accidents were on private flights, and that total number was 18 less than the 80 recorded in January 2024.—
Harry Enten,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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Eventually, the list was whittled down to twenty-eight persons of interest—fighters who had taken part in pivotal episodes, such as an attack on a Ukrainian military helicopter, which killed a general, and the downing of a Ukrainian plane carrying forty paratroopers.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Deputies, with the help of a Sheriff’s Department helicopter, caught up with and arrested two boys, 16 and 17.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Unanswered questions after Delta plane crash Investigators are working to identify why a Delta Air Lines regional jet coming from Minnesota flipped on its roof during landing at Canada's Toronto Pearson International Airport.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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The runway where the plane crashed is expected to remain closed through at least Thursday evening, according to a notice issued to pilots Tuesday.—
Andy Rose,
CNN,
18 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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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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John Deere showed off new autonomous tractor technology in vehicles that towered over attendees.—
Kate Conger,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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Family Farms is Broward County’s lone strawberry u-pick, home to 10 acres of strawberry plants, along with cows, chickens, bunnies and tractor hayrides that rumble to life on the weekends.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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