helicopter

He heard a rumbling sound, distant at first, but getting louder until it was like a helicopter approaching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The helicopter company said one of its vehicles was involved in the collision and that another passenger and the helicopter's captain had been injured.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The collision involving a Robinson R22 and an Airbus helicopter occurred near McMinnville Municipal Airport on Thursday afternoon.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

A search for survivors is under way after a helicopter carrying six people, including five pilgrims, crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials say.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

A man in a Department of Natural Resources uniform leaned out of the helicopter with a hunting rifle in his hands, and the bottom fell out of Owen’s stomach.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Japan also sent about 350 Self-Defense Forces members with three helicopters to help with firefighting efforts in West Kalimantan in September.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 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

And the expression on the nurse’s face when Grammy talked about tanks and helicopters.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

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

Jedda-Boy was talking about how once when he lived in Nevada, he got helicoptered to a secret location to measure some land.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

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

While the Kraken carefully monitored this summer’s No. 4 overall pick, Shane Wright, in camp to ensure he felt comfortable and not overburdened, there wasn’t quite the same helicoptering with Beniers.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

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