helicopter
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"I found my mother as I stepped out of the helicopter," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
AFP reporters flying by helicopter over the valley of destruction on Thursday saw entire sections of settlements swept away, leaving the landscape resembling a puzzle with pieces missing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
They were later transported by helicopter to a military hospital in Kathmandu, according to district police chief Bipin Regmi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hundreds of North Sea workers are still too heavy for offshore helicopter travel less than two months before new rules come into force, BBC Scotland has learned.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
They were two hundred feet below the bridge, surrounded by trees and bramble, and there wasn’t a place for a helicopter to land.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Justice Secretary Neil Gray said helicopters were an important firefighting tool, but not a "silver bullet"
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Cairngorms National Park Authority said two specialist helicopters were "invaluable" for waterbombing hard-to-reach areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Two helicopters have been dispatched but it is challenging because it is tough to even locate the entry points of the tunnel," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
He was satisfied to observe that the helicopters were painted a matte black.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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
“Here’s the bottom line: When my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed,” Biden said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022
The British-Thai driver was helicoptered to Coventry hospital but released later on Sunday evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022
I helicoptered my arms, trying to catch my balance.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
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
After helicoptering to the compound in Pakistan, O’Neill said he and other SEALs reached a third-floor bedroom where bin Laden was.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 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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