helicopter
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One helicopter appears to be making a more rapid descent than the other.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Uttarakhand's Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the helicopter had crashed near a village close to Joshimath in Chamoli district.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
"We tried to walk out along the rocks to them but... the waves were just coming in and it was just too dangerous to put the crew in, so the helicopter was tasked."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In June 2025, seven people were killed when a helicopter carrying pilgrims crashed near Kedarnath.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Nanuq was tranqed, and he was going to lose consciousness before the helicopter could land and the DNR officers could fish him out of the lake.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Its helicopters unit brought in nearly 1.71 billion euros in orders, with smaller contributions from aeronautics, cyber and security solutions and space.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In July, Royal Navy warships and helicopters spent 21 days monitoring Russian activity in UK waters and the North Atlantic - this was a 25% increase on previous time spent monitoring.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
In December, one of them sailed into the West Pacific in a four-vessel task force that also included a hulking, 35,000-ton amphibious assault ship sized to carry 30 helicopters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Adding to the dark mood are police helicopters hovering, with searchlights blazing, to enforce a late-night curfew in the Les Halles and République sections of Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
He might have accepted a ride out of the city from one of the helicopters or rescue boats.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Many have been helicoptered out of the districts of Manang and Mustang, from a hiking circuit that usually takes up to three weeks to complete.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
I helicoptered my arms, trying to catch my balance.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
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Wainschel, a vice president at an automotive marketing technology company, says he doesn’t think his outreach qualifies as helicoptering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
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
Eventually, Mike said, they went to Eagle Base, a Central Intelligence Agency compound, where officials were helicoptering some people, including lawful permanent residents like Mike and his wife, to the airport.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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