helicopter

Toppled in August 2024 by a student-led uprising that ended her 15-year, iron-fisted rule, Hasina fled by helicopter to India as crowds stormed her palace.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

After completing medical evaluations at the landing site, the crew members will travel by helicopter to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, where recovery teams are stationed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Backed by water tankers and a helicopter, firefighters on Sunday fought to contain a stubborn wildfire in Northern California that prompted officials to order evacuations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

A spokeswoman for the East Anglian Air Ambulance said it hadsent a helicopter to West Mersea, but she had no further information.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Cairns flew in circles while the crew from the second helicopter searched below.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Satellite imagery of those bases from 2019 onward show significant construction and an increasing presence of U.S. assets, including F-16s, F-18s, drones and helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Several fires broke out in northern and central Portugal, with over 1,000 firefighters and other professionals fighting the flames, supported by around 20 planes and helicopters, civil protection services said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron said his country had sought reinforcements from across the continent to help fight the blaze, including Canadair aircraft from Croatia and Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

But a huge issue for those on the ground - or in the skies, with helicopters providing support by dropping loads of water on to the wildfire - is what is actually burning.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I saw the helicopters over Drake at noon and had a..... suspicion June might’ve been involved.”

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

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

Materials will need to be helicoptered in to many sites, and volunteers will need to go through training to ensure they’re not disrupting other wildlife or vegetation in the area.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

“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

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

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

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