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zeppelin
noun
zep·pe·lin
ˈze-p(ə-)lən 
: a rigid airship consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells
broadly
: airship
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Fortune And Glory wears its heart on its sleeve by giving player the chance to dash out of crumbling temples with treasures tucked under their arms, fight their way out of thrilling cliffhangers at the end of their turn and a chance to throw Nazi Villains out of zeppelins full of gold.
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Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
But its military potency soon became apparent, with the Germans dropping it from zeppelins as bombs over Britain in World War I, according to a history from McGill University in Montreal.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The feel is at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin, serenely crossing the Atlantic.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The interior of the restaurant feels at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
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Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
But its military potency soon became apparent, with the Germans dropping it from zeppelins as bombs over Britain in World War I, according to a history from McGill University in Montreal.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The feel is at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin, serenely crossing the Atlantic.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The interior of the restaurant feels at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
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zeppelin
noun
zep·pe·lin
ˈzep-(ə-)lən
: a long cylindrical passenger balloon that has a metal frame and is driven through the air by engines carried on its underside
Biographical Definition
Zeppelin
biographical name
Zep·pe·lin
ˌtse-pə-ˈlēn
ˈze-p(ə-)lən
Ferdinand (Adolf August Heinrich) 1838–1917 Graf von Zeppelin German general and aeronaut
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