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
Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Miami-Dade’s fire union fought Levine Cava over her plan to stop using a countywide property tax to fund four Fire Rescue helicopters that land throughout Miami-Dade.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 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
In the movie Kilgore is at the center of a fiery, chaotic battle with helicopters flying overhead.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Miami-Dade’s fire union fought Levine Cava over her plan to stop using a countywide property tax to fund four Fire Rescue helicopters that land throughout Miami-Dade.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
Noun
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Three hours after the troop’s Garmin inReach transmitted a call for help, a chopper retrieved Montgomery from a nearby meadow.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
10 Sep. 2025
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Levine Cava on Thursday announced an attempt at compromise by moving back about half of the chopper budget to the countywide tax, with the rest going back in 2026.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gomez and friends jetted off to Cabo San Lucas to hang out on a yacht and enjoy some drinks and cheetos with tajin.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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After the initial outcry, Sanders continued jetting himself around the country.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The 46-year-old standup had been growing his audience for two decades when, in 2023, his viral SNL hosting gig rocketed him to the comedy stratosphere.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Four of the late Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk‘s books have rocketed up Amazon’s bestseller list after his death.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Under Weinstock’s leadership, Paramount’s marketing team has also tapped into the ever-growing creator space, recognizing early on that, with the continuing emergence of TikTok, Instagram and Snap influencers, the essential need for Creator Marketing to catapult a movie to a great global opening.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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If so, the Lakers could catapult themselves into not only one of the best teams in the West, but the entire league.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The system in question is the double star V Sagittae located around 10,000 light-years from Earth, containing a white dwarf stellar remnant and its victim companion star, which orbit each other roughly twice every Earth day.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The same can be said of the moon, which instead orbits Earth.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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