as in choppers
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 helicopters
Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
More than 226,000 flight hours of air ambulance services took place in 2023 among 1,315 helicopters helping nearly 386,400 patients, according to the 2024 study.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Three medical helicopters responded to the scene, and Roberts thanked TriStar medical leadership’s immediate incident response.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2025
But just in time, there’s usually a ridiculous action set piece involving snowmobiles, horses, helicopters or some combination thereof to make the viewer perk up and pay attention.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
One raid saw masked federal agents repelling from Black Hawk helicopters and wrecking an apartment building.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
After the closure of the runways, federal police deployed helicopters and other means to try to track down the drones, but no signs of them could be found, Bayer said.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Chapman was part of a SEAL Team Six mission during the war in Afghanistan in which helicopters were downed.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
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To this end, they could be used effectively by Ukraine against things like Orlan-10 reconnaissance drones, Lancet loitering munitions, or Ka-52 and Mi-24 attack helicopters.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
More than 226,000 flight hours of air ambulance services took place in 2023 among 1,315 helicopters helping nearly 386,400 patients, according to the 2024 study.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Three medical helicopters responded to the scene, and Roberts thanked TriStar medical leadership’s immediate incident response.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2025
But just in time, there’s usually a ridiculous action set piece involving snowmobiles, horses, helicopters or some combination thereof to make the viewer perk up and pay attention.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
One raid saw masked federal agents repelling from Black Hawk helicopters and wrecking an apartment building.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Sending in war helicopters in the middle of the night.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
After the closure of the runways, federal police deployed helicopters and other means to try to track down the drones, but no signs of them could be found, Bayer said.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Chapman was part of a SEAL Team Six mission during the war in Afghanistan in which helicopters were downed.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopters
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While Black Ops 6 toyed with a more grounded, back-to-the-basics approach of UAVs, airstrikes, and attack choppers as scorestreak rewards for tallying enough points or kills, the speculative fiction framework of BLOPS 7 means everything requires a heightened tone.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Season 2 will focus on three more scenic escapes as Ross jets off to new destinations.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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The same title, Boone’s sophomore project, also rockets almost 25 spaces up the Official Album Downloads chart.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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While the Packers were likely seen as a playoff contender, the addition of Parsons now catapults them into a new category.—
Eduardo Razo,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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As a moon orbits a planet, the two objects gravitationally pull at one another.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Out beyond the orbit of Triton, which orbits Neptune in a little under 6 days, the other Neptunian moons have their orbital periods measured in years, and appear at a wide variety of angles and with large eccentricities.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Helicopters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopters. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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