airlift
Example Sentences
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The force of the fall and the nature of his injuries prompted first responders to call for a helicopter to airlift the child to an emergency room in nearby Reno.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
Military helicopters have been deployed to airlift stranded residents, and deliver food, though one crashed just north of Colombo on Sunday evening.
From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025
Hmeimim base had also come under "intensified attack by drone strikes" and the Russians had decided to airlift him to Moscow, he says.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
A military cargo plane was already on the runway at Guantánamo Bay ready to airlift the group of Yemeni prisoners to Oman when the trip was called off, people familiar with the military operation said.
From New York Times • May 21, 2024
“We’ll airlift you to the hospital in Kendra. It’s functioning with generators.”
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
