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Recent Examples of airship
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.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
For example, the Amundsen Mast was used as an anchoring point for airships involved in polar exploration.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
In 1926, Amundsen’s airship Norge was tethered to this mast before its historic flight across the North Pole to Alaska.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
For example, it's confirmed that the Brotherhood of Steel airship seen in the show is the same one seen in Fallout 4, meaning that the canon outcome for Fallout 4 is obviously not one where that airship was destroyed.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2024
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
For example, the Amundsen Mast was used as an anchoring point for airships involved in polar exploration.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
In 1926, Amundsen’s airship Norge was tethered to this mast before its historic flight across the North Pole to Alaska.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
For example, it's confirmed that the Brotherhood of Steel airship seen in the show is the same one seen in Fallout 4, meaning that the canon outcome for Fallout 4 is obviously not one where that airship was destroyed.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 20 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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According to the Associated Press, Mittens was traveling with her family from Christchurch, New Zealand to their new permanent location in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 13, when staff forgot to remove her from the aircraft on arrival.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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The object suddenly shifted its longitudinal axis, aligned it with my aircraft and began to climb.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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There’s an actual lighthouse atop Lighthouse Point, built in 1901 to warn ships of the rocks and shallows below.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2025
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American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly in any way, shape or form., and that includes the United States Navy.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Boeing’s gross orders for the year stood at 569, while net orders were 377 airplanes — 317 including accounting adjustments.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2025
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For reference, commercial airplanes are allowed to have 1,000 feet of stack between them when flying below 29,000 feet, and must have 2,000 feet of stack between them when above 29,000 feet.—
Kristin Jenny,
Outside Online,
13 Jan. 2025
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Alongside the post, the Civil Guard shared a video of Civil Guard members getting into a helicopter and flying to the resort.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Image Image Los Angeles is one of the more challenging parts of the country for flying helicopters.—
Thomas Fuller,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Jorgensen explained that there are gaps in the data, which becomes more complete the closer the plane is to take off.—
Caitlin Chandler,
WIRED,
13 Jan. 2025
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Crews are waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to give the OK to send the plane back in the air.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
13 Jan. 2025
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That is, flight so close to Mach 1 that some areas of airflow over the airframe exceed the speed of sound.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Ukrainian air force went to war with 43 flyable Su-25s, got an extra 18 airframes from Macedonia and Bulgaria and lost at least 20 of the jets in action, leaving at most 41 in service.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
2 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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An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 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 Jan. 2025.
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