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helicoptered

verb

past tense of helicopter

as in catapulted

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Featuring a rotating cast of child and teen performers, the show became a vehicle that catapulted young singers and actors to mainstream fame.

— Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 16 July 2026
The show, which ended in May 2019, became a cultural icon and catapulted the cast to stardom.

— Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Definition of catapulted

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Prices rocketed up for lots of reasons in the wake of the pandemic, from the war in Ukraine to a highly contagious bird flu that pushed retail egg prices to record highs last year.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 25 July 2026
The Mission Robotic Vehicle, owned and built by Northrop Grumman, rocketed into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Definition of rocketed

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The worlds tested were similar to Earth and orbited in the habitable zones around sun-like stars.

— Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 21 July 2026
The fact that celebrity landed upon him, plucking him from the obscurity of his mission to represent the burgeoning discourse on the disease, says more about the world that orbited him than his actions on the island or his own political nous.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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Hamilton was on course for a record-extending 105th pole position, and first in a full grand prix since Hungary in 2023, before Norris darted through to take it away.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
More than 20 students, many of them freshmen, darted around the lush grounds.

— Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Definition of darted

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The following week, the high school sweethearts jetted over to California to attend the wedding of former Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and his now-wife, Laura Kruk.

— Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
The mom-of-two recently jetted into Italy via private jet after her Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week appearances.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 16 July 2026

Definition of jetted

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The Spanish, who had at first just flitted along the coast in their galleons, had begun marching inland and overland from Mexico with crosses and soldiers and soldiers’ families.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Another trio flitted about the main kitchen.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026

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