helicoptering

verb

present participle of helicopter
as in orbiting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicoptering
  1. orbiting
  2. rocketing
  3. darting
  4. flitting
  5. catapulting
  6. jetting
  7. fluttering
  8. diving
Verb
  • The early days of our solar system were chaotic, marked by violent interactions as a multitude of space rocks orbiting the sun crashed into other objects.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • While no exoplanet has been definitively proven to have a global ocean, there are candidates like TOI-1452 b — a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star — that could contain a much larger proportion of water than Earth.
    — Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of orbiting
Verb
  • Link went into an uncontrollable spin soon after rocketing to Swift’s rescue in July.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Surveillance footage obtained by The News shows the explosion erupting on the building’s second floor, sending glass and other debris rocketing across the street.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of rocketing
Verb
  • One TikTok of the scrappy piggy dodging cars and darting between would-be animal rescuers’ legs racked up nearly a half million views.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Then, after a bullet hit Kirk, Robinson could be seen darting across the roof, dropping to ground level and sprinting away on foot, Hull added.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of darting
Verb
  • Upon further review of the camera footage, Sam Gough, a park supervisor for the Incline Village General Improvement District, said the light appeared to be just a bug flitting across the lens.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • An airy, not-too-sweet vanilla like Taunt is the perfect encapsulation of a Gemini who’s always flitting from one topic of interest to the next.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 July 2026
Definition of flitting
Verb
  • The institution had received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to realize the exhibition, which conservative politicians took issue with, catapulting Mapplethorpe’s to the center of the era’s culture wars.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • What happened in Hamburg provides a particularly egregious example of such racial terrorism catapulting political triumph.
    — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
Definition of catapulting
Verb
  • The days of American backpackers jetting across Europe for $20 per ticket on Ryanair could be ending soon—according to Ryanair.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Such is the type of clientele usually jetting off to this northern corner of Madagascar, which is so remote that Miavana's island base, Nosy Ankao, is only reachable by helicopter from the Nosy Be or Diego-Suárez airports.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of jetting
Verb
  • Tribute upon floral tribute—their petals, leaves, and memorial cards fluttering in the gentle breeze.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Planted in a mound of debris, fluttering in the unforgiving wind, was the red-and-gold Chinese flag.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of fluttering
Verb
  • Now, the gallery is diving further into technology by launching the Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Koss saw the opportunity and never stopped running, diving into third without a throw.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of diving
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