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blimp

[blimp] / blɪmp /
NOUN
airship
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The company, in response, designed cameras largely from scratch, as well as a new camera sound blimp for the film.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

When I think of Donald Trump, I envision a blimp flying overhead with huge flashing lights blazing “The world is yours!”

From Salon Apr. 30, 2026

The “Marty Supreme” blimp rests, for now, in its hanger.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 19, 2026

Each tour group maintained its distance from the blimp, anchored down by only its nose and threatening to move if the wind kicked up.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

That Reilly blimp was working for the company at the time that that letter to Abelman was dated.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Throughout 2025, the three U.S. blimps marked the centennial with a 100-city-plus tour.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

And blimps could stay aloft longer than helicopters.

From Slate Oct. 2, 2024

And unlike blimps and balloons, airships aren’t just a bag filled with gas.

From NewsForKids.net Dec. 7, 2023

In June 2017, one of his blimps crashed and burned on live television at the men’s U.S.

From Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2023

Looming overhead, the sky is bruised with dark clouds and constellations of fish-like blimps, each the size of a bus.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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