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helicopter

[hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-] / ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒp tər, ˈhi lɪ- /
NOUN
aircraft
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Seven mountain rescuers responded to the call, and a helicopter eventually airlifted the teenager off the mountain.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

"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

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

He and George listened and watched the sky, hoping that any second now a helicopter would burst out of the snowstorm and see them.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Emergency services were at the scene and medical helicopters were deployed to take victims with serious injuries to a specialised hospital.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

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 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

The Full-Scale Tunnel, the linchpin of the lab’s World War II drag cleanup work, continued to test everything from low-speed aircraft designed with delta wings to helicopters.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

“Here’s the bottom line: When my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed,” Biden said.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022

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

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


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