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Recent Examples of rotorcraft
Unlike rotorcraft drones, bird-like machines could blend efficiency with stealth, navigating turbulent conditions more naturally.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Research into extra-planetary rotorcraft supports missions like Mars rotorcraft exploration and future planetary science breakthroughs.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The New Orleans is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock that can carry up to 800 marines in addition to amphibious assault platforms like hovercraft and V-22 Osprey rotorcraft.
—John Feng
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Amidst an atmosphere of refined revelry catering to glitterati and gearheads alike, this iteration at the Monterey Jet Center featured 275 automobiles and fourteen flying machines—from rotorcraft to private jets.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Research into extra-planetary rotorcraft supports missions like Mars rotorcraft exploration and future planetary science breakthroughs.
—Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The New Orleans is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock that can carry up to 800 marines in addition to amphibious assault platforms like hovercraft and V-22 Osprey rotorcraft.
—John Feng
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Amidst an atmosphere of refined revelry catering to glitterati and gearheads alike, this iteration at the Monterey Jet Center featured 275 automobiles and fourteen flying machines—from rotorcraft to private jets.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotorcraft
Noun
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Representatives for Reach, which is based at McClellan Airport, confirmed the crash involving its helicopter.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Halvorson was pulled from the burning debris in less than two minutes and rushed to waiting medics and flown in a CareFlite helicopter to Parkland Hospital in Dallas, with significant injuries.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
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Skubal issued a walk to Jose Ramirez, and after getting the next two batters to strikeout, Gabriel Arias’s high chopper for an infield hit saw Martinez dare Skubal by sprinting from second base to home.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Moments later, the couple disembarked from the chopper, walking hand-in-hand across the South Lawn.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Towel-waving involves an intricate flow of flips, curls, and twirls, each with its own name: helicopter, dirty copter, pizza, super8.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Rescuers aboard the copter plucked the hiker to safety from a riverbank, the helicopter touching down in a clearing where, even after his ordeal, the hiker was able to walk from the craft under his own power.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Currently searching are 1 Jayhawk helo from Air STA [station] Ventura, 1 C-27 from Air STA Sacramento, [the] CGC Sea Otter, 1 small boat each from STA SD & the MSST [Maritime Safety and Security Teams], as well as several partner agencies.—
Jesus Mesa
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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Inspired as a child by the supersonic helo on the television series Airwolf, Hill spent 25 years planning the HX50 before unveiling a rendering in 2020.—
J. George Gorant,
Robb Report,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Rotorcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotorcraft. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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