as in chopper
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
took a helicopter tour to get a better sense of the grandeur of the Grand Canyon
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Recent Examples of helicopter
Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
Gerhardt said the agency plans to helicopter pieces of the wreckage to a secure facility in Delaware in the coming days.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 6 June 2023
Ellie Buckheit, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
The Santee Fire Department eventually arrived in a helicopter, and used the strong winds to disperse the bees.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 26 July 2025
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Noun
If all goes well, recovery teams will helicopter it to a portable clean room to remove its heat shield and back shell and then fly it to a specially prepared facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
Gerhardt said the agency plans to helicopter pieces of the wreckage to a secure facility in Delaware in the coming days.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 6 June 2023
Verb
Officials said the Baltimore Police helicopter, known as Foxtrot, was patrolling the area and responded to the scene.
—Ellie Buckheit, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2025
The Santee Fire Department eventually arrived in a helicopter, and used the strong winds to disperse the bees.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
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The helicopter’s flight had a maximum acceptable altitude of 200 feet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, but the chopper continued to fly at altitudes ranging from the mid-200s to upwards of 300 feet.—
Angelina Liu,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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This grass chopper is easy to set up, runs quietly, boasts a solid battery life and automatic charging, and easily maps your mowing area (even with obstacles).—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The next slide shows the designer successfully getting her new passport just in time to jet off to Paris.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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Earlier this summer, Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks jetted into Nantucket for a three hour meeting that would reshape the lineup of Fox Sports 1, and shake up its Big Noon Kickoff college football show.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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That means while some players were busy actually playing the campaign, those that figured this out were just grinding Encore endlessly in these short intervals, rocketing up their power and getting high tier loot almost instantly.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Net card fees rocketed up 20% year-over-year (FX-adjusted), reinforcing that more users are opting into premium experiences.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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His record-breaking 25-hour speech on the Senate floor from Booker in April also catapulted him into 2028 conversations.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Aug. 2025
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The league’s streaming and social media-first approach, in combination with its rich talent pool, has catapulted it to the top of the charts, especially with younger audiences.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The company had planned to fly the vehicle close enough to the space station such that it could be captured and berthed to the orbiting laboratory.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
4 Aug. 2025
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Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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