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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

If you’d like to take a ride on the Goodyear blimp, it turns out you can’t do it wearing heels.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 2026

The blimp even made a cameo in the Beatles’ 1965 film “Help!”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 27, 2025

For the first day and a half after I arrived, Dad hovered over me like the Goodyear blimp over the Orange Bowl.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

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

A wood-supported hangar built in Tustin, California, to house surveillance blimps during World War II went up in smoke Tuesday.

From Washington Times Nov. 7, 2023

She reaches for one of the blimps and removes the card.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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