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
John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Remember Gary Johnson Combat medic, Gary Johnson, was a part of a Dustoff helicopter crew during the 20-year-long Vietnam War.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 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
He was shot down and died before a rescue helicopter could ferry him to safety.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
Remember Gary Johnson Combat medic, Gary Johnson, was a part of a Dustoff helicopter crew during the 20-year-long Vietnam War.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 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
Noun
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Using a hoist basket, an air-rescue crew member was lowered into the water to secure the boaters and they were lifted into the chopper, fire rescue said.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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But Ryan McMahon hit a chopper to second baseman Nico Hoerner, who threw out the slow-footed Stallings at home for the second out.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 May 2025
Verb
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In season 3 of the series, Daniel returned to Japan, and unlike Karate Kid Part II, which was set in Okinawa but filmed in Hawaii, Macchio actually jetted off to Japan this time.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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Vroom vroom—while several celebrities have jetted back to the States following the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, others have made the hop, skip, and a jump to Monaco for the 2025 Grand Prix.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Jude Bellingham’s career is rocketing but what next for his younger brother, Jobe?—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Space travel is rocketing into the future, and medicine is working to keep up.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Verb
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For other, younger, fresher faces to the project, a win would catapult their reputation into the stratosphere.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Her purchase came one year before The Oprah Winfrey Show aired nationally and catapulted her to a different level of national acclaim and recognition.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, Mars Odyssey and MAVEN are two spacecrafts that have been orbiting Mars for years.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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