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
Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
The helicopter went down on the 7100 block of Cairo Bend Road, according to the sheriff's office.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 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
That is the source of an ongoing lawsuit from local investors Rob and Lola Salazar, who believe the bank and its colorful CEO, Michael Quagliano, have squandered $20 million on planes and helicopters, at least in part to shepherd Quagliano to Denver Nuggets games in style.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
The helicopter went down on the 7100 block of Cairo Bend Road, according to the sheriff's office.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 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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Varsho sent a chopper to second base.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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At the end of the game, Alma climbs onto the evac chopper before everything cuts to black.—
Will Borger,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Eric officially booked the movie part and jetted off to the set to start filming.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Probably nothing much to a regular moviegoer who’s not getting the chance to jet off to Europe to see things weeks to — in the case of Berlin or Cannes, which was very good this year — months early.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Its sustained winds rocketing faster by 65 mph in just 15 hours, taking the storm to 140 mph.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Sullivan’s star in the running world was already glowing, but her gutsy fourth-place finish in Tokyo rocketed it even higher.—
Julie Mazziotta,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In an industry where one jaw-dropping look can help catapult you into fashion royalty and the wrong one into meme infamy, stepping out is a high-stakes business.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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Once Were Warriors won numerous awards including the New Zealand Film Award for Best Director and catapulted Tamahori into the mainstream.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Astronomers can only glimpse them edge-on, and most past spacecraft have orbited close to the sun's equatorial plane, leaving its poles largely unexplored.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Imagine, for a moment, being back in 1968, watching three NASA astronauts on their way home to Earth after orbiting the moon for Apollo 8.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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