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blimp

[blimp] / blɪmp /
NOUN
airship
Synonyms


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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

“I want to go on this new one so bad, it’s killing me,” said Cheryl Ritz, a South Bay native who’s ridden twice on old models of the blimp.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

Richeson created the Facebook group when she lived in Torrance, where she and her husband would often see the blimp en route to its base in nearby Carson.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

Light shines everywhere: the lanterns and blimp screens and sky candles and a bright rising moon.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

The blimps housed there were used as sentries during WWII, armed with machine guns, bombs and charges to fend off submarines, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 7, 2023

The sky was speckled with puffy silver blimps tethered to the ground by long webs of cable.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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