helicoptered

past tense of helicopter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicoptered
Verb
  • The film follows Prime Minister Jacinda Arden over seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Shakur’s political work garnered her attention in the 1960s and ‘70s, and thus catapulted her onto a larger stage.
    Essence, Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Henry’s blend of swoony love and spicy romance with compelling characters has rocketed her to the top of the bestseller lists, and fans are eager to see how that might translate to film success.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Garcia has covered Bad Bunny closely over the past few years as his star as rocketed out of the reggaeton world to make one of the most successful pop stars on the planet.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The young, cool star is orbited by four inner planets, one of which has just formed a large moon in the aftermath of a giant impact, followed by an asteroid belt, four gas giants, a Kuiper belt, and an Oort cloud.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In 2024, Menon was part of a four-person crew of private astronauts who orbited Earth for five days as part of the Polaris Dawn mission.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Renda darted in for a 6-yard TD run, keyed by a 42-yard Parker Harris punt return to the Keller 40.
    Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On another stretch of forest floor, a tiny mabuya skink darted after the red beam of Ratsimanadino laser pointer.
    Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Over the summer the actress hit the desert and jetted to the islands with her boyfriend Van Hunt and wore an array of bikinis for their excursions.
    Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • As per Union’s Instagram, the couple jetted in for some serious R&R over the weekend.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her eyes flitted over the sign with the three green leaves.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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“Helicoptered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicoptered. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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