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helicoptered

verb

past tense of helicopter

as in catapulted

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The indictment has catapulted the danger of Hamas’ network in Europe to Israeli, American and European installations and citizens into the spotlight.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Parton, who died at 80 in late August, was a groundbreaking artist who built a hit-making career that spanned decades and catapulted her into TV and the big screen.

— Jose Fabian, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of catapulted

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Since its release earlier this month, the Muse agent has rocketed to the top of the app charts, and Meta stock has surged by more than 20%.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Viewing to anime on Netflix has rocketed at almost 10 times the rate of the streamer’s total viewing numbers over the past three years.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rocketed

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The $496 million GRAIL probes orbited the moon in an extremely low orbit, coming within 30 miles (50 km) of the lunar surface at their closest approach.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
In fact, just one spacecraft, NASA’s MESSENGER, has ever orbited the planet.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of orbited

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Following a three-and-out, Price darted up the middle, cut to the right and sprinted down the sideline for his first career touchdown.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
On Lap 261, Larson darted to the inside of Briscoe’s Camry and completed the winning pass.

— Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of darted

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In the first weekend in July, Mahomes jetted to the East Coast for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s wedding in New York City.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
During the first batch of episodes, the couples met, fell in love, came face-to-face and jetted off to their romantic honeymoons.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of jetted

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Guests flitted around, in and out of racks filled with Skims’s big apparel and underwear hitters, and making use of the Skims photobooth.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
By the front door, a hummingbird repeatedly flitted to the tubular magenta blooms of the Salvia spathacea.

— Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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