airdrop

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“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 photographer, meanwhile, was only able to airdrop pictures, says Nita.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

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

Also Thursday, the U.S. conducted a third airdrop in the northern part of Gaza, where there is no Israeli presence.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The closest thing I’d had to human contact since the airdrop, the distant lights triggered a flood of emotion that caught me off guard.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer