as in choppers
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon
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Recent Examples of helicopters
Luis Martinez, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
In this case, a genteel woman’s tradition is set against the sound of military helicopters whirring overhead.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Residents, police said, can expect a heavy law enforcement presence starting Thursday from the Georgia State Patrol to local Sheriff’s offices, supported by K-9 units and helicopters.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
When open, the museum will showcase various aviation artifacts and exhibits, and more than 40 military airplanes and helicopters.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The park’s search and rescue team began looking for the men on Sunday morning, with park rangers and volunteers navigating the park on the ground and in California Highway Patrol helicopters.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
The pilot of the F-15 was rescued in Iran within hours, thanks to a mission that involved two helicopters penetrating west-central Iran.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Within two hours of the astronauts’ splashdown, divers will help extract them from the capsule and get them into helicopters that will carry them to the ship.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
The system has been in service since 2012 and is already used on aircraft such as the F-16 and A-10, as well as various helicopters.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
Each destroyer is equipped with two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters that can fly out to ships that might be potentially approaching the blockade line and can provide visual identification of the approaching ship.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
In this case, a genteel woman’s tradition is set against the sound of military helicopters whirring overhead.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Residents, police said, can expect a heavy law enforcement presence starting Thursday from the Georgia State Patrol to local Sheriff’s offices, supported by K-9 units and helicopters.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
When open, the museum will showcase various aviation artifacts and exhibits, and more than 40 military airplanes and helicopters.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
The park’s search and rescue team began looking for the men on Sunday morning, with park rangers and volunteers navigating the park on the ground and in California Highway Patrol helicopters.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
The pilot of the F-15 was rescued in Iran within hours, thanks to a mission that involved two helicopters penetrating west-central Iran.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Within two hours of the astronauts’ splashdown, divers will help extract them from the capsule and get them into helicopters that will carry them to the ship.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
The system has been in service since 2012 and is already used on aircraft such as the F-16 and A-10, as well as various helicopters.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopters
Noun
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Below in the courtyard where the big choppers had been loading, the headlights from the cars and trucks surrounding the parking lot were still on to light the way for the choppers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Slow choppers and things like that.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The rom-com follows a 20-something chef amid a quarter-life crisis who jets off to Italy to find herself, and discovers love in the process.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
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In You, Me & Tuscany, Anna (Bailey) impulsively jets off to the Italian countryside to stay in a stranger’s villa sans permission.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The album also rockets 14-4 on the Top Streaming Albums chart.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
7 Dec. 2025
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The same title, Boone’s sophomore project, also rockets almost 25 spaces up the Official Album Downloads chart.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And soon, an explosion of violence takes place that catapults the audience back through their lives, from the ’80s to the present day.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2026
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And soon, an explosion of violence takes place which catapults us back through their lives, from the eighties to the present day.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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The book orbits around an art scandal that pulls in collectors, curators, philosophers and hangers-on.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Helicopters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopters. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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