helicopter
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Search and rescue vessels were at the scene and a helicopter was conducting surveillance from the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Similarly, Marine One - the president's helicopter - routinely flies in groups of three, changing positions so that potential threats are not sure which is carrying the US leader.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
In June, the Navy used them to rescue the crew of an Apache helicopter that was downed off the coast of Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Bret may lament childhood’s demise, but if you had helicopter parents, these throes probably look less like trash than fire.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Abby screamed, but the helicopter had already flown on.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
More than a dozen aerial assets, including helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, were assigned to the blaze, performing retardant and water drops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"There were helicopters, boats, people doing crowd control. There was so much going on here, it was really top notch."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
At least three helicopters will remain assigned to the incident after dark and continue to perform water drops, Torres said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Pending the outcome of an official investigation, all Bell helicopters deployed to the firefighting operation have been grounded, public broadcaster ERT reported.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Two of our only three Chinook helicopters were lost when the Atlantic Conveyor was sunk, so our soldiers're having to advance toward Port Stanley on foot.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Mass opposition and a coup briefly deposed him, but after three days under guard on a military island, he helicoptered back to Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Instead, they recommended that Nusslock be helicoptered to UC San Francisco for an abortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024
On the couple’s 10-year anniversary, they helicoptered to the emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island, then to a tubular iceberg where the client finally proposed.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
The British-Thai driver was helicoptered to Coventry hospital but released later on Sunday evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022
It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
After helicoptering to the compound in Pakistan, O’Neill said he and other SEALs reached a third-floor bedroom where bin Laden was.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
He tumbled out of bounds at nearly 60 miles per hour, his skis helicoptering into the netting on one side of the slope.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
“Your moral stature is actually enhanced the more persecuted you are or want to be. It’s a generation of overparenting, protecting children from every conceivable harm, helicoptering over them and infantilizing them.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Or in a game this season against Denver, when he lunged toward the goal line, absorbing multiple hits to the chest and helmet before helicoptering into the end zone.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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