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helicopter

[hel-i-kop-ter, hee-li-] / ˈhɛl ɪˌkɒp tər, ˈhi lɪ- /
NOUN
aircraft
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The girl was taken to hospital by helicopter after the incident on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

When we landed by helicopter at Rosebank, this oil field was at the centre of a political storm - and set to be in the path of a real one.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Earlier a police helicopter could be seen flying over the city, with security forces patrolling and armoured vehicles and riot police vans parked nearby.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

He has traveled across Greenland by dogsled, boat and helicopter to report on President Trump's pursuit of the island.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The thumping of the helicopter was starting to sound like it was going away from them.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Ecuador's defence minister announced in August that the United States would deploy three Black Hawk helicopters as part of bilateral security cooperation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

When they were abducted, helicopters were deployed and multiple attempts were made to reach the location, but these efforts were hampered by fighting in the area, the Salvadoran armed forces said.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

That is 10,000 more than last weekend, backed by about 20 armored vehicles, 15 water cannons, helicopters and drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

He described seeing helicopters, at least eight cars and several agents from different agencies descending on his home, and recalled thinking, “What movie am I in?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Vietnamese scale the fourteen-foot wall of the US embassy In Saigon, trying to reach evacuation helicopters as the last of the Americans depart from Vietnam, 1975.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

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

Williams was helicoptered to hospital and discharged that evening.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2022

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

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

Eventually, Mike said, they went to Eagle Base, a Central Intelligence Agency compound, where officials were helicoptering some people, including lawful permanent residents like Mike and his wife, to the airport.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 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


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