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zeppelins

  • plural
    of zeppelin.
    zeppelin
    noun
    a large dirigible balloon consisting of a long, cylindrical, covered framework containing compartments or cells filled with gas, and of various structures for holding the engines, passengers, etc.

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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

A team of nearly 80 scholars wrote the 85 alphabetical entries, from arsenic-laced wallpaper that poisoned Victorian families to exploding zeppelins.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2022

Iorek, in his armor, was somewhere close by, waiting to hold off the soldiers from the zeppelins so as to give Will enough time to work.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman