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
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
New Atlas, 13 July 2025
More than 360 people were evacuated by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the Guard said.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Noun
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
Verb
The answer is that the rotors allow for more efficient vertical takeoff and landing as well as flying at low speeds and hovering with less downwash than a conventional helicopter.
—New Atlas, 13 July 2025
More than 360 people were evacuated by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the Guard said.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
Noun
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The chopper circled over the skeletal remains of the Grand Canyon Lodge below.—
Stacey Barchenger,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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In the 11th, the Dodgers scored three times — a bloop run-scoring single by Freddie Freeman, an infield single on a chopper by Teoscar Hernandez which drove in a run, and a bloop RBI single to right by Pages.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
13 July 2025
Verb
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Two weeks later, the couple jetted off to Milan and coincidentally walked in the same fashion show.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
10 July 2025
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Trump plans to sign the bill into law on Friday at 5 p.m. as B-2 bombers jet over the White House during a Fourth of July celebration for military families.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Since then, a multitude of spacecraft have rocketed Marsward from a variety of nations.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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Bitcoin has rocketed higher this week, soaring after Tesla billionaire Elon Musk confirmed a bitcoin bombshell.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Verb
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After opening the game 0-of-3 from beyond the arc through the first three quarters, Crutcher hit 4 of his 6 long-range attempts in just eight minutes to help catapult the Magic back within range of Brooklyn late.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 July 2025
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Since 1983, MacKenzie-Childs has been synonymous with maximalist yet never-garish home finds — catapulting to fame via its original, handcrafted ceramics and then expanding to decor, furnishings, outdoor accessories, and other categories of home goods.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
17 July 2025
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Soviet spacecrafts were orbiting the earth while American rockets were exploding on the launch pad.—
Michael Peregrine,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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While most satellite internet services operate from single geostationary satellites orbiting Earth at about 22,236 miles, Starlink is a constellation of thousands of satellites that operate from a low-Earth orbit, about 341 miles up.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
18 July 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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