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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicoptered
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The digital asset is approaching its critical level of $70,000, or its price prior to a post-election surge that catapulted bitcoin to its record high just north of $126,000, according to Citi analysts.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Since the win that catapulted Seattle into Super Bowl LX, Kupp has been sharing his experience of going to two different Super Bowls with the Rams with players who are playing in February for the first time.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Slafkovský’s game-changing play on Wednesday was a reminder of what rocketed his stock on the draft radar almost four years ago.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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In its first season, episodes clocked over 4M views and clips over 67M, with guests including Kevin Durant, Trevor Wallace, Kevin Gates and the return of Drake — the latter an interview which rocketed Althoff to social media fame given that it was conducted in bed.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
11 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
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Sea turtles snoozed, manta rays glided, and reef fish darted by the thousands over lava pinnacles covered in corals and basket sponges.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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The cameraman darted and crouched, arguably working harder than anyone else in the building to capture those breathless, in-your-face angles.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
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Levy jetted about the room, tapping people in and out of jobs.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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On February 25, 1986, after four days of protests along Manila’s Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), the Marcoses jetted to exile in Hawaii, and the barangay militias disbanded.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 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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Valentino and his longtime partner Giancarlo Giammetti flitted among their homes — which also included places in New York, London, Rome, Capri and Gstaad, Switzerland — traveling with their pack of pugs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Helicoptered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicoptered. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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