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Lakehurst

American  
[leyk-hurst] / ˈleɪk hɜrst /

noun

  1. a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.


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In Ocean County, borough officials in Lakehurst cited overcrowding in their decision to shut Lake Horicon to visitors in May, a day after the state had reopened county and state parks.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2020

Eighty years ago this week, the airship Hindenburg erupted into flames while nearing the mooring mast at New Jersey’s Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

From Slate • May 5, 2017

In any case, off they go, following the bad guys back in time to Lakehurst, N.J., May 1937, just as the Hindenburg is about to land — historically, to explode, to crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2016

On August 7, 2012, it made its first test flight, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the same field where the Hindenburg exploded.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

The journey had begun on August 7, when the Zeppelin had slipped its tethers in Lakehurst, New Jersey, lifted up with a long, slow sigh, and headed for Manhattan.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

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