Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicoptering
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Even as this risk rises rapidly, there are still plans for launching mega constellations of tiny satellites akin to those that are already orbiting as part of SpaceX’s Starlink system, along with a newly emerging push for orbital data centers such as Nvidia’s Starcloud.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
7 Nov. 2025 -
While most satellite internet services operate from single geostationary satellites orbiting Earth at about 22,236 miles, Starlink is a constellation of thousands of satellites that operate from a low-Earth orbit, about 341 miles up.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Its sustained winds rocketing faster by 65 mph in just 15 hours, taking the storm to 140 mph.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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In contrast to the stately Taurids, the Leonids are speedsters, rocketing through the Earth’s atmosphere at hundreds of thousands of miles an hour.—
Tom Hawking,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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Swinging from the overhanging branches and darting through the woods, the animals were heading toward a nearby housing project, their pink faces lit with glee.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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But such is the lightning pace of Mbappe that he might be best placed dropping deeper during build-up before darting in-behind.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Pulse is a ghost story, featuring two interwoven storylines about young Tokyoites who begin to see and hear strange apparitions flitting across their computer screens.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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The spaces are smaller, with lower benches, and the older players, flitting between dressing rooms for U14s and U12s, have had to take their belongings home each day rather than leave them in lockers due to the carousel of teams moving in and out.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Eden played the titular 2,000-year-old genie named Jeannie opposite Larry Hagman's astronaut Tony Nelson, with the show catapulting the two costars into television history, thanks to their onscreen chemistry.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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His visionary approach to AI and computing has positioned Nvidia at the forefront of the AI boom, catapulting him up the billionaire ranks and establishing him as one of the most influential figures in technology today.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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The agents pretended not to know that the pilots spent their time jetting around Maduro and other top officials.—
Joshua Goodman,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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An interstellar comet is dramatically jetting off ice and dust into space, a new image shows.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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No one enjoys finding moths fluttering around the flour or tiny caterpillars crawling in the cereal.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Bolas spider creates a silk lasso to catch fluttering moths.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Mediawan Kids & Family is diving into the microdrama space with plans to launch its first vertical animation short-form content next year, president Julien Borde revealed at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her range is the highlight of this film, which occasionally fell short when diving into more serious themes and dragged a bit in the middle.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Helicoptering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicoptering. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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