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helicopter

[hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-] / ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒp tər, ˈhi lɪ- /
NOUN
aircraft
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She will hop into a helicopter moments after the Indy 500 and head to a nearby private jet that will zip her 366 miles to Concord Airport near Charlotte in an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

A helicopter evacuated 11 employees of the National Park Service, which manages the island as part of the Channel Islands National Park, on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

It was the distant sound of a helicopter from the US Air Force's 920th Rescue Wing.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

It did offer a celebrity head coach, or as Ah’Mari said aboard the helicopter: “Shoutout to Uncle Luke.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

A helicopter pilot would fly him up to the top of the volcano—the summit.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis




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