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Photo : Mercedes-Benz To draw a connection to the luxurious travel associated with airships, Wilhelm Maybach decided to name his ultimate model the Zeppelin.
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Brett Berk, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024
While flying over southeast Ohio, the Shenandoah encountered a powerful squall line that tore the airship apart.
—The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2024
The Silicon Valley site’s most notable feature is a hulking building known as Hangar One, which in the 1930s housed a U.S. Navy airship and today is a conspicuous landmark along U.S. 101.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2024
On this day in 1929: The German airship Graf Zeppelin took off from Lakehurst, New Jersey, for the world’s first round-the-world passenger flight.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Brett Berk, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024
While flying over southeast Ohio, the Shenandoah encountered a powerful squall line that tore the airship apart.
—The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2024
The Silicon Valley site’s most notable feature is a hulking building known as Hangar One, which in the 1930s housed a U.S. Navy airship and today is a conspicuous landmark along U.S. 101.
—Rob Davis, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2024
On this day in 1929: The German airship Graf Zeppelin took off from Lakehurst, New Jersey, for the world’s first round-the-world passenger flight.
—The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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Hardware as varied as air-defense systems, radars, missiles and aircraft packed the grounds indoors and out.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The carrier will operate the new flights on an Airbus A320 aircraft with room for 174 passengers.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Officials received spa treatments, top-shelf alcohol, designer handbags, leather goods, designer furniture, watches, fountain pens, ornamental swords and handmade ship models, according to court documents.Elias Lopez, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Another scene depicts an incident in which an airplane landed close to Heder’s character’s head during the renovation process.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 2018, during his first term, Trump imposed tariffs of 30% to 50% on goods imported from China, forcing Beijing to retaliate with its own tariffs against US goods like aluminum, airplanes, cars, pork and soybeans.Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Sheriff’s deputies started their search by using a drone and the help of a California Highway Patrol helicopter, then called in searchers from the agency’s Emergency Services Bureau — sworn officers and others who had volunteered for specialized training to find missing persons.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Participants can hire an army of videographers to follow them via boat, bicycle, or helicopter.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
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The plane maker had seen most of its airplane production halted since the middle of September as more than 32,000 of its unionized machinists went on strike .Sean Conlon, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Russia is suspected in a plot to place incendiary devices in packages aboard cargo planes bound for the United States and other countries.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In effect, this creates a financial bias towards product line consolidations and against airframe innovation.Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ideas for radical improvements of airframes are available.Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 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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As the bereaved families of those who died in Boeing aeroplane crashes gathered around a screen, there was a palpable sense of anticipation in the room.David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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First responders in Illinois saved a man's life on Sunday after he was pinned in a creek underneath a tractor for possibly over 30 minutes.Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
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The truck is a tractor and a trailer, a tractor trailer combination.CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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