helicopter
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He announced his retirement at the end of the following season and famously left St James' Park in a helicopter following his testimonial match.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
A handful of commercial helicopter operators like Skyhook, based out of Fife Airport in Glenrothes, will provide this specialist response.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Chichiriviche's population of barely 2,000 received humanitarian aid from the Netherlands via helicopter in the days following the disaster.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The defense secretary reversed the suspension of an Apache helicopter aircrew that hovered near the home of musician Kid Rock in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Until the water receded completely, the only help they were likely to get would be by boat or by helicopter.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Army Black Hawk helicopters were damaged, the Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Army Black Hawk helicopters were damaged, an American official said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
There are also only a small number of private companies with the helicopters and specialist equipment needed, as well as the pilots with the skills to fight the fires.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Videos from the response on Saturday showed helicopters water-bombing affected areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The pictures showed the tribesmen, their bodies painted red, pointing bows and arrows at the approaching helicopters.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
They were finally found Friday and helicoptered to the capital, Bogota, and then to a military hospital where they have been given psychological services and other support.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Jedda-Boy was talking about how once when he lived in Nevada, he got helicoptered to a secret location to measure some land.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
The priciest dish on the menu tastes like roast beef with a little helicoptering from ginger and turmeric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
“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
Inspired by the aerodynamics of these helicoptering pods, as well as other gliding, spinning tree seeds, engineers claim to have crafted the smallest ever wind-borne machines, which they call “microfliers.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 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
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