Examples of copter in a Sentence
copters from the local TV stations made the obligatory reports on the bumper-to-bumper traffic at the start of the holiday weekend
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The Federal Aviation Administration accused the owner of the company behind last week’s fatal Hudson River helicopter crash of firing its director of operations in apparent retaliation for voluntarily shutting down all copter tours — and has ordered the company grounded.
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
Once the detecting copter located the target jeep’s radio signal, the camera copters quickly sped to the area and captured images of the jeep.
—Steven Walker, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2021
All that was needed was a target for the copters to search for.
—Steven Walker, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2021
During that time, the copter flew around the Statue of Liberty, cruised over to the George Washington Bridge, then turned around and headed south.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
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John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2025
Once the detecting copter located the target jeep’s radio signal, the camera copters quickly sped to the area and captured images of the jeep.
—Steven Walker, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2021
All that was needed was a target for the copters to search for.
—Steven Walker, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2021
During that time, the copter flew around the Statue of Liberty, cruised over to the George Washington Bridge, then turned around and headed south.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Copter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copter. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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copter
noun
cop·ter
ˈkäp-tər 
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