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
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 May 2026
Instead of just hitting the ground, the hail pounded the museum's collection of one‑of‑a‑kind planes and helicopters.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
When Mangione waived extradition from Pennsylvania last week, he was quickly moved to New York City, arriving by plane and then helicopter on his way to face federal charges.
—Adam Reiss, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Plans included a network of robots and autonomous vehicles—such as helicopters designed by the German company Volocopter—all connected to a central AI system called Neos.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 1 May 2026
Instead of just hitting the ground, the hail pounded the museum's collection of one‑of‑a‑kind planes and helicopters.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Verb
Unfortunately for fans of both shows, the crossover doesn't sound like an all-hands-on-deck situation, and the 118 won't be joining Athena for this particular outing — especially without a certain someone to helicopter them in.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
When Mangione waived extradition from Pennsylvania last week, he was quickly moved to New York City, arriving by plane and then helicopter on his way to face federal charges.
—Adam Reiss, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
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The Razorbacks scored an insurance run in the third when Karnes City product Reagan Johnson reached on a high infield chopper and eventually came home on Tianni Bell’s sharp RBI single to left.—
Kirk Bohls,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Apr. 2026
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Marcus Semien hit a chopper down the left side, which Jorbit Vivas stabbed at wildly while missing it badly.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Andy and her frosty boss, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), are jetting to Italy for Milan Fashion Week.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Our impressively multicultural team of street racers now freelance in the shadowy and complex world of covert ops, jetting around the world to take down an increasingly unhinged array of nihilist supervillains.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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But as the film shows, MySpace had a rocketing rise and DeWolfe noted people like Perry, Kid Rock and Christina Aguilera coming into the office, and appearing on shows with Charlie Rose and Barbara Walters.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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For the fourth time in his last five games, Suzuki went deep, rocketing a solo home run off Roki Sasaki in the second inning to give the Cubs the lead.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Google DeepMind, the company’s AI-research lab—led by Nobel Prize–winning CEO Demis Hassabis—forged several key breakthroughs that catapulted Google’s Gemini model to the top of many capability leaderboards.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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After signing to Motown Records in 1969, The Jackson 5 immediately catapulted to superstardom.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
4 May 2026
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SpaceX launched 45 satellites to orbit from California early Sunday morning (May 3), including a South Korean spacecraft that was originally supposed to fly in 2022.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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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,
1 May 2026
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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