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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary-wing aircrafts
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The most recent test campaign, captured in our image of the day, focused on software called Extended Robust Aerial Autonomy, designed to help future Mars rotorcraft navigate somewhat featureless terrain, which was the very challenge that caused problems for Ingenuity during its final flights.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Dec. 2025 -
Not the least of these is that your average rotorcraft can't manage to lift a payload that weighs more than itself.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Nov. 2025
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The latest on the Nancy Guthrie criminal investigation Search-and-rescue teams, helicopters, drones and ground crews assisted in the initial response, but the focus has since shifted to a full criminal investigation, authorities said.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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Morton elaborated on the details of the nursery in Inside Kensington Palace, describing how the young princes could peer out the attic windows to watch the royal helicopters take off.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
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These choppers fit together like puzzle pieces, allowing the animal to grind up tough, fibrous plants.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The new Constitution also meant that the Legislature would never again be able to block constitutional reforms as the pork choppers had.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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