: a lighter-than-air aircraft having propulsion and steering systems
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Like other airship projects, though, progress has been slow, bumpy and always uncertain.
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New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The airship’s demise was also hastened by events like the Hindenburg disaster.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
On the night of October 13, 1915, a German airship known as L.13 dropped 12 bombs over the St. Catherine’s area, one of which struck Loquats, damaging the house along with several neighboring properties.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
Officers also arrested a person on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and took another person into custody for allegedly discharging a laser at an LAPD airship, authorities said.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The airship’s demise was also hastened by events like the Hindenburg disaster.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
On the night of October 13, 1915, a German airship known as L.13 dropped 12 bombs over the St. Catherine’s area, one of which struck Loquats, damaging the house along with several neighboring properties.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 June 2025
Officers also arrested a person on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and took another person into custody for allegedly discharging a laser at an LAPD airship, authorities said.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airship. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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airship
noun
air·ship
ˈa(ə)r-ˌship 
ˈe(ə)r-
: a lighter-than-air aircraft with its own power and steering
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