helicopter
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Other base-related woes, from pollution to noise and helicopter crashes, have led to further complaints.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
A military helicopter flies in front of the Pentagon Sept. 14, 2001, in Arlington, Va., at the impact site where a hijacked airliner crashed into the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ten hours later, a military helicopter airlifted the stranded team to safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
A police helicopter and dog unit have been used to hunt for the who left the scene.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
If he and Abby floated away from Magpie Island, even a helicopter might have trouble spotting them.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
But planes and helicopters needed to evacuate became stuck in the desert sand and needed to be destroyed while special forces awaited a backup rescue crew.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
County Supervisor Janice Hahn long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The Cairngorms National Park Authority said two specialist helicopters were "invaluable" for waterbombing hard-to-reach areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
When helicopters flew over her house, she would think she was in Vietnam and run outside to receive the patients that would be off-loading.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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
I could not see anything and I was helicoptered out, before spending two weeks in a coma in an army hospital in Kabul.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 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
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
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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