Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicoptered
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This catapulted her to another level of success and visibility.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Despite a successful first Artemis I mission in 2022, where an unmanned Orion capsule was catapulted around the moon by the SLS, Artemis missions have faced several delays.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Blizzard of 2026 rocketed this meteorological winter into the record books, but not all the way to the top.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
25 Feb. 2026
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Window anomaly China rocketed the Shenzhou-20 crew — Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie — into Earth orbit on April 24, 2025.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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But as the title character and a partial avatar for Williamson — who had similarly spent his own teen years dreamily pining and aspiring to be a filmmaker — Dawson was the boy-next-door pillar around which the show orbited.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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MacKinnon ran a three-man weave high with Toews and Cale Makar, then darted toward the net with Toews making a parallel cut to receive the puck for a go-ahead goal.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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Quite quickly after the judges picked a winner in the Quickfire Challenge, crews darted in to clean up the makeshift kitchen stacked with Bosch appliances and aluminum tables serving as workspaces.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Goop founder jetted off to Vail, Colorado, for an après-ski trip with Meiomi.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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Calvi, Corsica 2026 marks 75 years since the very first package holiday jetted off from London to this quiet corner of Corsica.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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Vitinha and Joao Neves flitted around like mayflies in love.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Even at 4 degrees below zero, waxwings flitted outside our room, which had a sauna large enough to be its own hotel room.—
Boris Fishman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Helicoptered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicoptered. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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