helicopter

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

One helicopter appears to be making a more rapid descent than the other.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Several other helicopter accidents were reported during the 2025 pilgrimage season, prompting aviation authorities to tighten safety checks and restrict some operations.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Coast Guard helicopter R118, based in County Sligo, flew to the scene but the force of the winds meant its crew were unable to help the stranded couple.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

By early afternoon on Sunday, May 18, duBeth was on a helicopter above the ruined landscape with newspaper photographer Roger Werth, flying over the North Fork of the Toutle River.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Its helicopters unit brought in nearly 1.71 billion euros in orders, with smaller contributions from aeronautics, cyber and security solutions and space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Recently, the UK government announced that the RAF's Chinook helicopters and A400M aircraft, external would be equipped to fight fires in future.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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

Adding to the dark mood are police helicopters hovering, with searchlights blazing, to enforce a late-night curfew in the Les Halles and République sections of Paris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

They call the helicopters mosquitoes; they come down and bite.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

Well, it will not be be helicoptered from one stadium to the other when the final whistle blows.

From BBC ● May 18, 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

I helicoptered my arms, trying to catch my balance.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

While the Kraken carefully monitored this summer’s No. 4 overall pick, Shane Wright, in camp to ensure he felt comfortable and not overburdened, there wasn’t quite the same helicoptering with Beniers.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

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

Or in a game this season against Denver, when he lunged toward the goal line, absorbing multiple hits to the chest and helmet before helicoptering into the end zone.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020

A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz