helicopter
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Perhaps EDW should devote some of its largesse to helicopter leasing going forward.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
A National Police Air Service helicopter was circling the area but has since returned to base.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
Seven mountain rescuers responded to the call, and a helicopter eventually airlifted the teenager off the mountain.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
He climbed aboard a helicopter and headed west out of the city, toward the Blue Ridge Mountains.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Police dogs, divers and helicopters had been involved in the search.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The sheriff’s office said deputies first responded to the reports of Park being swept out into the ocean at about 8 p.m., after which a search began involving drones, ground crews, and helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Japan also sent about 350 Self-Defense Forces members with three helicopters to help with firefighting efforts in West Kalimantan in September.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
In December, one of them sailed into the West Pacific in a four-vessel task force that also included a hulking, 35,000-ton amphibious assault ship sized to carry 30 helicopters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
He might have accepted a ride out of the city from one of the helicopters or rescue boats.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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
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
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
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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
The priciest dish on the menu tastes like roast beef with a little helicoptering from ginger and turmeric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
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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