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helipad

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Recent Examples of helipad According to the listing, the grounds could also accommodate a helipad, subject to local approvals. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 July 2026 Trump suggested that the helipad could also be used for other White House activities, such as events and news conferences. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 7 July 2026 Trump confirmed the project after the helipad plans had been rumored for months, with construction reportedly sped up ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit in September, according to the Washington Post. — Kiara Moore, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026 The marina with a helipad represents only one piece of Griffin’s rapidly expanding South Florida footprint. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for helipad

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The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026
An example of an inherently objectionable use might be a heliport in a heavily residential municipality.

— Michael Helbing, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

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His administration converted the airfield into a temporary detention camp for people accused of federal immigration violations, a move the county criticized but did not fight in court.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Guam expands missile reach Guam is one of the United States’ key military sites in the Western Pacific, with a major naval base and a strategic airfield.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026

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The deaths span drone strikes in Kuwait, a missile attack on a Saudi air base, a refueling crash over Iraq, a helicopter downed in the Arabian Sea and missile defenses in Jordan.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Al Udeid, the US air base outside Doha built from 1996, gave Washington a forward hub and gave Qatar protection no amount of gas money could buy on its own.

— Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

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