helicopter
Example Sentences
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Then, one of the lights morphed into the looming shape of a helicopter, careening into view and growing larger.
She would go on to study at prestigious universities including MIT, and work at European aerospace giant Airbus as a helicopter cockpit designer.
From Barron's
Others were taken away by helicopter as roads were cut off by flooding.
From Barron's
When a skier is injured on the course and being attended to by medical personnel, often a helicopter is called in to evacuate the injured racer and take him or her to a hospital.
From Los Angeles Times
The stunning operation saw US forces swoop in by helicopter under cover of darkness and seize Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from a highly secured compound in the Venezuelan capital on January 3.
From Barron's
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