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During the night, a helicopter flew over the French capital's Place de la Republique, one of the epicentres of the unrest, sweeping a powerful searchlight across the square to monitor compliance with the curfew.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Haines was initially taken to a hospital in Wangaratta but later moved to Melbourne by helicopter.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Another defector, Russian army pilot Maksim Kuzminov, had flown his Mi-8 attack helicopter into Ukraine the previous year and turned it over to Kyiv for a $500,000 reward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Those who were pulled from the water were flown by helicopter to San Diego, where they were taken via ambulance to local hospitals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Until the water receded completely, the only help they were likely to get would be by boat or by helicopter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

The French government mobilized 70,000 officers nationwide, backed by armored vehicles, water cannons, helicopters and drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Military planes and helicopters will be drafted in to tackle wildfires, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to tell the UK's first summit on the issue.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

In April, while Prigozhin stayed at the hotel in Bangui, Wagner fighters in Russian helicopters conducted aerial surveillance of wildcat gold-mining operations near the South Sudan border.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

San Clemente Mayor Rick Loeffler said his city has been preparing ahead of fire season, deploying goats to chomp at brush on hillsides and ensuring a steady water supply is available for crews and helicopters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 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

They were finally found Friday and helicoptered to the capital, Bogota, and then to a military hospital where they have been given psychological services and other support.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

A trauma team from almost 200 miles away in Glasgow was diverted to Barra but had to refuel meaning it was almost five hours before Sandy was helicoptered off the island.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023

We next boarded a small Air Force plane, flew to JFK Airport, and were then helicoptered into Manhattan.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Wainschel, a vice president at an automotive marketing technology company, says he doesn’t think his outreach qualifies as helicoptering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz