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zeppelin

[zep-uh-lin] / ˈzɛp ə lɪn /


NOUN
balloon
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NOUN
blimp
Synonyms


NOUN
dirigible
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Strong headwinds over the Atlantic delayed it further, but the zeppelin rode smoothly, as the passengers enjoyed multicourse meals, gazed out the generous windows, played chess and wrote postcards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In groundbreaking work published last year, the Harvard team deduced that the stellar halo is tilted and elliptical in shape, like a zeppelin or football.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023

And Harper asks viewers to hurt themselves suspending their disbelief, most notably in an action sequence where Rachel jumps out of a plane and lands on a zeppelin called The Locker.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023

Any mention of hydrogen aircraft means addressing the zeppelin in the room.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021

But in their whispered exchanges in the zeppelin, he’d explained about the power of his poison spurs: he couldn’t go on using them continually, because with each sting, the venom weakened.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

German zeppelins had been filled with hydrogen from the beginning, and, by 1937, after hundreds of commercial flights, boasted a perfect safety record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The German military utilized zeppelins as early as 1915 to fly to London and bomb the city.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

In Scotland it became useful as a reconnaissance plane to protect the Forth coastline and Rosyth dockyard against German zeppelins.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2022

A museum devoted to zeppelins, plus an actual zeppelin high in the sky.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022

Will heard a change in the sounds from outside: there was another note now as well as the roar of the zeppelins.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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