helicopter
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But it says response times to wildfires will depend on any other job the helicopter is undertaking at the time.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Chichiriviche's population of barely 2,000 received humanitarian aid from the Netherlands via helicopter in the days following the disaster.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The rescuer airlifted a girl to safety, telling the rest of the family that another helicopter was on the way to take them.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The defense secretary reversed the suspension of an Apache helicopter aircrew that hovered near the home of musician Kid Rock in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Climbing into a helicopter for the short flight back to Washington, Eisenhower braced himself for what could be a difficult few days.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
The Scottish government recorded an "issue around the mobilisation" of firefighting helicopters during the blaze - as they were already employed in commercial filming work.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Army Black Hawk helicopters were damaged, the Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Army Black Hawk helicopters were damaged, an American official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Both of these things can add to delays we sometimes see in helicopters being deployed to tackle fires.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The pictures showed the tribesmen, their bodies painted red, pointing bows and arrows at the approaching helicopters.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
The British-Thai driver was helicoptered to Coventry hospital but released later on Sunday evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022
We next boarded a small Air Force plane, flew to JFK Airport, and were then helicoptered into Manhattan.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
After helicoptering to the compound in Pakistan, O’Neill said he and other SEALs reached a third-floor bedroom where bin Laden was.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
The priciest dish on the menu tastes like roast beef with a little helicoptering from ginger and turmeric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
“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
Inspired by the aerodynamics of these helicoptering pods, as well as other gliding, spinning tree seeds, engineers claim to have crafted the smallest ever wind-borne machines, which they call “microfliers.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2021
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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