helicopter

Example Sentences

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Videos posted on Facebook from Long Beach also showed flashes and bangs in neighborhoods, and the loud rotor of a helicopter overhead.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Coast Guard images showed the 67-year-old man had carved “SOS” into what looked like charred ground before being rescued by helicopter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

“It’s like a nanny state, or helicopter parenting.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Three members of the Royal Navy who died in a helicopter crash during a training exercise have been named.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The helicopter flew away, and Akira could hear the wildfire again, roaring and popping across the water.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz