helicopter
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José Alberto Suárez, a Telemundo executive, died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday in Kenya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In February, a helicopter crash in the Rift Valley county of Nandi killed six people, including a member of parliament.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Ecuador's intelligence chief and five US citizens died when a tourist helicopter crashed in central Kenya on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, officials said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Five Americans were killed in a helicopter crash in Samburu County, Kenya.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Nanuq was back, and they had fired their last cracker shell trying to signal a helicopter that wasn’t coming.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Extinguishing it took almost as many firefighters and other emergency personnel, as well as 10 helicopters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Water-bombing aircraft from several countries have been deployed -- with two Norwegian helicopters the latest to fly in on Monday night -- but they have been repeatedly grounded by low cloud and rain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib told AFP Sunday that two water-bombing aircraft had arrived from Sweden, backing up four helicopters -- two Belgian and two Dutch -- already on site.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Water-bombing aircraft and helicopters were sent from across Europe to aid the firefighters working in the park near its eastern border with Germany.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The pilots throttled back the engines and all nine helicopters landed safely on the great yellow wasteland.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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
Well, it will not be be helicoptered from one stadium to the other when the final whistle blows.
From BBC ● May 18, 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
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
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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