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
David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
In the remote mountainous areas of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces and the Bakhtiari region, tribesmen shot at two Black Hawk helicopters, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Adam Reiss, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
So instead of giving in to the temptation to helicopter over them, Dr. Lira de la Rosa suggests asking yourself what, exactly, is behind your urge to invade their privacy.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 July 2024
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Noun
Rainy weather greeted the annual Easter egg hunt at the church on Saturday, which once again included a helicopter dropping plastic eggs onto a field near the church.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
In the remote mountainous areas of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces and the Bakhtiari region, tribesmen shot at two Black Hawk helicopters, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
When Mangione waived extradition from Pennsylvania last week, he was quickly moved to New York City, arriving by plane and then helicopter on his way to face federal charges.
—Adam Reiss, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
So instead of giving in to the temptation to helicopter over them, Dr. Lira de la Rosa suggests asking yourself what, exactly, is behind your urge to invade their privacy.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
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Giants third baseman Matt Chapman made a quick play on a chopper from Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts in the bottom of the fifth inning.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The second video shows the Apache turning to face Rock as a second chopper zooms by in the background.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ultimately, the legislature agreed to partially fund DHS a week ago, and members of both parties hastily jetted off for a spring recess.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The 27-year-old was on his way to becoming a doctor, had a girlfriend, Alexis Waggoner, and was about to jet off on a vacation to Florida, per the Columbus Monthly.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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Prices can rocket up but tend to drift down like a falling feather, said Garrett Golding, assistant vice president for energy programs at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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His pass upfield allowed forward Vinicius Junior to weave his way through Croatia’s defense, pulling the defenders away from an unmarked Danilo, who rocketed his shot into the top corner for a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Apple is now second behind Nvidia, which catapulted ahead of all of its tech peers in the last couple years due its position at the heart of the artificial intelligence boom.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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But the social psychologists who catapulted to prominence in the early two-thousands were less interested in the richer concept of eudaemonia and more interested in a thinner, hollower, and vastly more individualistic enterprise of happiness, of simply feeling good.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Before being tapped for the administrator role, as a private citizen, Isaacman commissioned two flights to orbit worth tens of millions of dollars aboard SpaceX capsules.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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In addition, the telescope has detected more distant and less common populations, including roughly 380 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) — icy bodies orbiting beyond Neptune.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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