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

Seven mountain rescuers responded to the call, and a helicopter eventually airlifted the teenager off the mountain.

From BBC ● 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

One sold picture, they figured, would cover the cost of the helicopter.

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

Recently, the UK government announced that the RAF's Chinook helicopters and A400M aircraft, external would be equipped to fight fires in future.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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

Ecuador's defence minister announced in August that the United States would deploy three Black Hawk helicopters as part of bilateral security cooperation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Trucks roared up and down the streets, and planes and helicopters constantly landed and took off right overhead.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

I helicoptered my arms, trying to catch my balance.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

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

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

A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz