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Recent Examples of helipad
Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — Carrying her small daughter, an Israeli mother stood amid a crowd of people next to the helipad of the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, which on Sunday received the three former hostages released in a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas.
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Nadeen Ebrahim and Mike Schwartz, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Its defining exterior feature is a blue helipad that doubles as a pickleball court.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
Palmer offered Pavlovich tickets to her shows and invited her to parties for the Patreon community at her house on nearby Waiheke Island, a lush bohemian retreat with vineyards, golden beaches, and more than 60 helipads to accommodate the billionaires who vacationed there.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The yacht has nine guest cabins, space for a staff of 40, a helipad, a spa, a sauna, a swimming pool, indoor and outdoor theaters, a gym and floor-to-ceiling indoor fireplaces.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Nadeen Ebrahim and Mike Schwartz, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Its defining exterior feature is a blue helipad that doubles as a pickleball court.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
Palmer offered Pavlovich tickets to her shows and invited her to parties for the Patreon community at her house on nearby Waiheke Island, a lush bohemian retreat with vineyards, golden beaches, and more than 60 helipads to accommodate the billionaires who vacationed there.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
The yacht has nine guest cabins, space for a staff of 40, a helipad, a spa, a sauna, a swimming pool, indoor and outdoor theaters, a gym and floor-to-ceiling indoor fireplaces.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helipad
Noun
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It's not known exactly when the heliport will close.—
Alysa Guffey,
The Indianapolis Star,
4 Dec. 2024
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Saint Therese was closed years ago and its site, which included a heliport, at Washington Street and Keller Avenue, is being razed.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The first option calls for the Silver Line to be built as light rail from the airport to Bojangles Coliseum in east Charlotte, with the option to extend it in both directions in the future.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2025
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Some airports may also experience disruptions and delays, such as during the 2019 shutdown when air traffic controllers working without pay threatened to walk off the job—a move that helped end the shutdown.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rebuilding was under way in 2006, when Hamas took over Gaza, but obviously Israel wasn’t going to permit Hamas to have an airfield.—
Elliott Abrams,
National Review,
6 Mar. 2025
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This would rob Ukraine of the ability of striking Russia's weapons depots, command centers, airfields, and training grounds which have disrupted logistics.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After Assad’s fall, Russian soldiers, scattered around the country, quickly withdrew to Russia’s air base and naval base on Syria’s Mediterranean coast.—
Volker Perthes,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Jan. 2025
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Unidentified drones swarmed over the Khmeimim air base in northwestern Syria and air defense systems were activated in response, according to the independent Russian outlet ASTRA Press.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Helipad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helipad. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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