helicopter

Example Sentences

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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

Further tributes have been paid following the deaths of three Royal Navy personnel who were killed in a helicopter training crash.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The UK ministry of defence said a British helicopter had "provided tracking and monitoring in support of the French operation to board the tanker Tagor".

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The helicopter was still a ways off, but they could see its searchlight cutting through the darkness, illuminating the falling snow.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz