as in chopper
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon
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Recent Examples of helicopter
Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
Her military career spans deployments in the Pacific and Persian Gulf as a helicopter pilot, command of a joint reconstruction team in Afghanistan, and a Bronze Star award.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
Gerhardt said the agency plans to helicopter pieces of the wreckage to a secure facility in Delaware in the coming days.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 6 June 2023
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Noun
As part of its response to the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 people, the new measures included increasing the Operational Supervisor staffing from six to eight and increasing support for its air traffic controller team.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
Her military career spans deployments in the Pacific and Persian Gulf as a helicopter pilot, command of a joint reconstruction team in Afghanistan, and a Bronze Star award.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
If all goes well, recovery teams will helicopter it to a portable clean room to remove its heat shield and back shell and then fly it to a specially prepared facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
Gerhardt said the agency plans to helicopter pieces of the wreckage to a secure facility in Delaware in the coming days.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 6 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
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President Carol Folt summoned the LAPD, who — in full riot gear, and with police choppers thundering overhead — descended on our campus to zip-tie and arrest 93 unarmed protestors, mostly students and a few faculty trying to protect them.—
Sandy Tolan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced the helicopter company whose sightseeing chopper crashed into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five tourists from Spain, is shutting down its operations immediately.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The day after the announcement, Trump jetted to Florida for the weekend.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Danielle Olivia Lyth, 30, jetted off to Marbella, Spain to tie the knot with her partner Jamie Lyth, 35.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Stock market indices rocketed sharply higher Wednesday on Trump's announcement, reversing four days of losses.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Administration tried to spin the midday move, which sent stocks rocketing upward, as an example of the President’s dealmaking prowess, claiming that the tariffs had inspired new trade deals with many countries.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Danes was catapulted to stardom after playing Angela Chase in the show, which centered around a freshman girl’s experiences at school.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Andrew Hohns, a PhD economist and the founder of investment firm Newmarket Capital, catapulted BitBonds to the center of bitcoin policy conversations in a March 11 presentation at the National Press Club.—
Sam Lyman,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The exoplanet was discovered in 2015 by NASA's Kepler space telescope and is one of two orbiting K2-18.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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During that time, the orbiting planet passed in front of the star.—
Daniel Apai,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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