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

She noted that, since the accident, Network Rail now made far greater use of aerial surveys carried out primarily by helicopter, but also by drones, to inspect the rail system.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

One helicopter appears to be making a more rapid descent than the other.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The helicopter company said one of its vehicles was involved in the collision and that another passenger and the helicopter's captain had been injured.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Otto Sieber, Brian Witt, and Andy Sterne hired a helicopter to take them to the top of Mount St. Helens with film and camera equipment.

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

It is connected to the other Faroe Islands only by helicopters and small boats—which means, in the mists and high waves of the north Atlantic, that it is rarely connected to anything at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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 July, Royal Navy warships and helicopters spent 21 days monitoring Russian activity in UK waters and the North Atlantic - this was a 25% increase on previous time spent monitoring.

From BBC ● 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

He might have accepted a ride out of the city from one of the helicopters or rescue boats.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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

Well, it will not be be helicoptered from one stadium to the other when the final whistle blows.

From BBC ● May 18, 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

It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

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

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

Eventually, Mike said, they went to Eagle Base, a Central Intelligence Agency compound, where officials were helicoptering some people, including lawful permanent residents like Mike and his wife, to the airport.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2021

A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz