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helicopter

[hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-] / ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒp tər, ˈhi lɪ- /
NOUN
aircraft
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Army Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Apache helicopter, placing further pressure on an already fragile ceasefire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

A helicopter was used to reach the patient and allow paramedics to provide urgent medical care.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In hardest-hit Sarangani province, some areas remain accessible only by helicopter while fears of aftershocks were slowing rescue efforts, local officials told reporters at a Tuesday briefing.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Despite their inability to add water to the pools, the helicopter flights marked a change in fortune for the workers at the plant.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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