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
Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The first big trauma for Owen was the loss of his platoon before Teddy comes to save him in the helicopter.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 8 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
To effectively track those threats, the US needs to deploy assets like helicopters and drones.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
The first big trauma for Owen was the loss of his platoon before Teddy comes to save him in the helicopter.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 8 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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Masyn Winn lined a single through the middle and Nathan Church beat out a chopper to the right side against Canning, who had allowed a pair of singles through the first four innings.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Old produce residue build up was on the vegetable chopper.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Now every 16 and half of the 15s will play on Tuesday and Wednesday, with only the winners jetting their way into the first weekend.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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But the idea of 24-hour TV news being delivered to paying subscribers, through their cable system operators, proved so valuable that as early as 1981, two CBS executives secretly jetted to Atlanta to meet with Turner and Wussler about purchasing the network.—
Michael J. Socolow,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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After receiving four yeses from the judges, the musician rocketed to the top of the talent show competition, placing third behind acrobatic group Zurcaroh and magician Shin Lim.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Gasoline prices rocketed higher, setting new multi-year highs for four consecutive days starting Tuesday.—
Michelle Chapman,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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In addition to Scorsese, Keitel was featured in Ridley Scott's debut The Duellists; in Quentin Tarantino's feature film debut Reservoir Dogs, and with Jane Campion's Oscar-winning The Piano, which catapulted her career.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The clash catapulted Osborn onto the national stage.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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In 2022, similar detection work resulted in NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which slammed the DART spacecraft into the small asteroid Dimorphos orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos, changing the orbits of both child and parent around the sun.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026
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The system contains a black hole and a massive blue supergiant star orbiting each other.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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