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
Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
The president arrived on a military helicopter to kick it off.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 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
The lack of a working hotline may have contributed a near-miss on May 1, when two aircraft arriving at Reagan were forced to circle around and wait for an Army helicopter to clear the area.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
The president arrived on a military helicopter to kick it off.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 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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During several calls, the audio is interrupted by choppers and drones overhead and bombs falling on neighbors’ houses.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
21 May 2025
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His chopper to third base allowed Mason Palermo to race home with the winning run for the host Wolves in a wild 6-5 Southwest Prairie Conference win in eight innings over Yorkville.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Don’t jet off just yet, though: A slew of new museums, such as the International Museum of Memory and Slavery in Ouidah and Cotonou’s Museum of Contemporary Art, are set to open in the coming year—and will surely be worth the wait.—
Chris Schalkx,
Robb Report,
15 May 2025
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In the days since, we’re seen celebrities nursing sore heads from the after-parties and exiting The Mark and The Carlyle hotels to jet back to LA or their NYC brownstones, or powering through to their other starry engagements.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
9 May 2025
Verb
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That same Born This Way single also rockets up the Billboard Global 200, climbing from No. 189 to No. 73.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Four of Santander’s five hits against the Los Angeles Angels came off left-handed pitchers, including a hit against Yusei Kikuchi that rocketed right up the middle.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Every May, the Met Gala catapults fashion into the stratosphere as celebrities by the score turn out in their finest — and often outrageous — haute couture outfits at the annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
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The style is quintessentially summer; however, leather iterations and designer interpretations have catapulted the thong flat into so much more than just your beachgoing shoe.—
Talia Abbas,
Vogue,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Evidence gleaned from orbiting spacecraft observations, as well as results announced earlier this year from China's Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 missions, is largely consistent with the existence of at least a weak magnetic field on the early Moon.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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Moon rocks brought to Earth during NASA's Apollo missions in the 1960s and '70s, as well as data from orbiting spacecraft, have shown that parts of the lunar surface — particularly on the farside — contain rocks with surprisingly strong magnetic signatures.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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