helicopter
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A police helicopter and dog unit have been used to hunt for the who left the scene.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
"I found my mother as I stepped out of the helicopter," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
In October 2025, the USS Nimitz lost a helicopter and a jet fighter within 30 minutes of each other while sailing through the South China Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
He was helped to his feet by rescuers, and later carried on the backs of the emergency workers, raising his hand as they took him towards a helicopter.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The helicopter flew away, and Akira could hear the wildfire again, roaring and popping across the water.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
The Cairngorms National Park Authority said two specialist helicopters were "invaluable" for waterbombing hard-to-reach areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Justice Secretary Neil Gray said helicopters were an important firefighting tool, but not a "silver bullet"
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
According to Cal Fire, around 3,000 personnel, scores of engines, helicopters, dozers and other equipment are being used to battle the fires, with “numerous” air tankers from throughout the state flying fire suppression missions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"But the helicopters have to return because there are not enough of them."
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
A swarm of giant black army helicopters darkened the sky overhead.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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
I could not see anything and I was helicoptered out, before spending two weeks in a coma in an army hospital in Kabul.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
We next boarded a small Air Force plane, flew to JFK Airport, and were then helicoptered into Manhattan.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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
The priciest dish on the menu tastes like roast beef with a little helicoptering from ginger and turmeric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 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
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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