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Recent Examples of helipad
An additional guesthouse, a helipad, a floating dock, and acres of surrounding land round out the impressive compound, which boasts 2,000 feet of Oyster Bay Harbor water frontage.
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
The crash victim, then 56, was airlifted from a helipad directly to an Illinois trauma hospital.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
There is one single airstrip and a helipad available to the base, which has four visits a year, according to COMNAP.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The Cuban actress, wearing a hoodie and shorts, can be seen talking with Cruise before stepping onto the helipad with one of her two dogs in her arms.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
The crash victim, then 56, was airlifted from a helipad directly to an Illinois trauma hospital.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
There is one single airstrip and a helipad available to the base, which has four visits a year, according to COMNAP.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The Cuban actress, wearing a hoodie and shorts, can be seen talking with Cruise before stepping onto the helipad with one of her two dogs in her arms.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helipad
Noun
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After New York City capped the number of flights that could take off from Manhattan heliports at 30,000 annually in 2016, many companies moved operations to New Jersey.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The aircraft took off from the Wall Street heliport.—
Brian Brant,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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At the airport, Khalil approached the crowd to take a Palestinian flag from a friend, then draped it over the stroller of his son Deen, who was born 2 months ago, while Khalil was detained in Jena, Louisiana.—
Hannan Adely,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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In 2024, JetBlue served about 6.8 million passengers at FLL, down 2.1% from 2023 but still the second largest carrier at that airport, only behind Spirit.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2025
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The statement said coordinated operations by Kyiv and its allies were behind attacks on railways in Russia's Bryansk and Kursk regions, as well as Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian airfields on June 1, dubbed Operation Spiderweb.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Their cross-country flight was about 2 miles southeast of the airfield when, amid dense fog, the jet struck high-tension power lines and went down around 3:47 a.m., officials said.—
Melissa Chan,
NBC news,
8 June 2025
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Following Israel’s strikes on Iran on June 13, three drones were shot down near Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, The Associated Press reported.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
20 June 2025
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Open-source analysis has suggested one A-50 spy plane was damaged or destroyed at Ivanovo air base, as well as four Tu-95 aircraft and three Tu-22M3 bombers at the Belaya air base, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank said on Monday.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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“Helipad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helipad. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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