airdrop
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Some countries airlift or airdrop humanitarian relief supplies, but are also concerned about stockpiling for themselves.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
“We have to perform the airdrop as a surprise, so people don’t gather below,” Phille said earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The airdrop is one of several events organised to mark the anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an ambitious military offensive designed to speed up the invasion of Nazi Germany and shorten the war in Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
A Times photographer went along on a Gaza aid airdrop.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
On May 6,1 set up a base camp on the ice cap just northeast of the Thumb and waited for the airdrop.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Israel said 120 lorry loads were collected from crossings on Sunday during the first daily 10-hour "tactical pause" in military operations, and that Jordan and the United Arab Emirates airdropped 28 packages of food.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025
The United States, France and others have airdropped tens of thousands of military-style meals into Gaza, but those deliveries have fallen far short of the 6.6 million meals that are needed each day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
“The issue of aid is brutal and no one accepts it,” said another resident, Momen Mahra, claiming that most airdropped aid falls into the sea.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Monday that his country’s air force had airdropped “urgent medical aid” to a field hospital operated by the kingdom in the Gaza Strip.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Then adds, “A few years back, I remember hearing about a stranded cruise ship. They airdropped them Spam and Pop-Tarts. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have MoonPies.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
The result is that an average food delivery by truck costs $180 per ton, while airdropping is a whopping $16,000 per ton, according to a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The United States and other countries have begun airdropping aid in recent days, but humanitarian groups say such efforts are costly and insufficient.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Aid organizations have welcomed the plan, which was announced on Thursday, days after the U.S. military began airdropping supplies into Gaza.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
The US Air Force has released footage of American cargo planes airdropping humanitarian aid into northern Gaza.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
Initially, the copycat protests consisted of individual students furtively leaving posters with those slogans on their campuses or airdropping fliers to strangers in public places — what activists called a “poster movement.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
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