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a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
army choppers evacuated refugees from the war zone
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Recent Examples of choppers
Levine Cava bristled, saying the only money left to fund the choppers would be the county’s emergency fund — dollars reserved for hurricanes or other calamities.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Consider splurging on helpful tools like vegetable choppers, air fryers, and new cookware to make cooking feel less like a chore.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Reagan National Airport has the nation's busiest runway, and commercial planes and choppers share nearby airspace.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The exhibition, showcasing the creative work of independent builders from around the globe, will include choppers, café racers, and even some radical contraptions for which no generic description applies.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025
Despite the noise, food choppers have some advantages.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
The next 24 hours became an all-out attack of air resources, with enough helicopters responding to the fire’s flare-up that the choppers were, at times, lined up, just waiting for orders to make their next drop.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Outside, over the dark city, the choppers were spreading wide their net of light.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
North Carolina Guardsmen were assisted by personnel and choppers from states including Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, Parks said Monday.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Consider splurging on helpful tools like vegetable choppers, air fryers, and new cookware to make cooking feel less like a chore.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Reagan National Airport has the nation's busiest runway, and commercial planes and choppers share nearby airspace.
—Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
The exhibition, showcasing the creative work of independent builders from around the globe, will include choppers, café racers, and even some radical contraptions for which no generic description applies.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025
Despite the noise, food choppers have some advantages.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
The next 24 hours became an all-out attack of air resources, with enough helicopters responding to the fire’s flare-up that the choppers were, at times, lined up, just waiting for orders to make their next drop.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Outside, over the dark city, the choppers were spreading wide their net of light.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
North Carolina Guardsmen were assisted by personnel and choppers from states including Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, Parks said Monday.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choppers
helicopters
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This illustrative image from March 4, 2024, shows Polish W3 Sokol helicopters take part in the NATO DRAGON-24 military exercise in Korzeniewo, northern Poland.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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If completed, the deal would give Taiwan 12 NASAMS batteries, potentially enough to provide overlapping coverage of key areas against short- and medium-range threats such as aircraft, drones, helicopters, and cruise missiles.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Choppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choppers. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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