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airlift

[air-lift] / ˈɛərˌlɪft /
NOUN
transit
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VERB
transport
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We were running this airlift, like small propeller planes with eight seats, trying to get more than 100 people back to the mainland before twilight hits because they don’t have lighting on the runway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The United Nations is planning an airlift of some 2,000 relief kits to Jamaica from a supply station in Barbados once air travel is possible.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

NPS rangers and special agents from the Bureau of Land Management worked together to remove the massive amounts of plants and waste by hand and with slings attached to helicopters to airlift them out.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

In subsequent messages Roussev and Marsalek planned the airlift.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

“This one lies just above the transport spoke to the fifth airlift platform. It’s taking us to the Hangar.”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins



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