helicoptered

past tense of helicopter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicoptered
Verb
  • Recent work has catapulted the director to global recognition.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This of course all changed in 2022 with the entrance of ChatGPT and rise of large language models, which catapulted AI from interesting research to a real business opportunity, according to Ganju.
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His arrest and subsequent charges rocketed him to international attention.
    Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • OpenAI, which rocketed into the mainstream following the release of its AI chatbot ChatGPT in 2022, is preparing to sell stock as part of a secondary sale that would value the company at roughly $500 billion, as CNBC reported in August.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Spy satellites have orbited the Earth since the dawn of the Space Age.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The simulations showed that as Ursa Major III orbited the Milky Way, the galaxy’s gravity could have slowly stripped away its outer stars.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Minneapolis police soon arrived at the scene, and officers darted inside the school, Garrity said.
    Marc Santia, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Fifteen minutes after the Houston Astros opened their clubhouse to reporters Tuesday afternoon, Mauricio Dubón darted toward his locker.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In October 2022, the tennis champ jetted off to Greece for a little getaway.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The two recently jetted off on a romantic mini-break to the Maldives, which Fahy documented on Instagram via a series of sweet photographs of the pair having fun in the sun.
    Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Aronofsky has, since the grittiness of Pi and Requiem for a Dream, flitted with alacrity from genre to genre, trying his hand at biblical epics (Noah) and claustrophobic dramas (The Whale).
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Nine flies flitted about the place, three of which flew around utensils in kitchen storage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Helicoptered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicoptered. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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