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
ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
The air-traffic rules for how dozens of these aircraft will share low-altitude urban airspace with helicopters, drones and one another are still being written.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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Noun
An Associated Press journalist in Bamako heard sustained heavy weapons and automatic rifle gunfire coming from Modibo Keïta International Airport, around 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the city center, and saw a helicopter over nearby neighborhoods.
—ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
The air-traffic rules for how dozens of these aircraft will share low-altitude urban airspace with helicopters, drones and one another are still being written.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
Unfortunately for fans of both shows, the crossover doesn't sound like an all-hands-on-deck situation, and the 118 won't be joining Athena for this particular outing — especially without a certain someone to helicopter them in.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helicopter
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The Pirates took a 5-4 lead in the ninth when Nick Gonzales broke for the plate on pinch-hitter Jake Mangum's one-out chopper to third base off Cole Winn (1-1).—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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First responders and a helicopter raced to the scene but quickly realized the wind blast generated from the chopper, or rotorwash, could blow the hikers off the cliff and into the water.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Peak sandal season is almost upon us — and will come even sooner for those jetting off on tropical spring break getaways.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Their boneless design also enables unique movement — from crawling along the ocean floor to jetting through water by expelling it rapidly from their bodies.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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Intel shares are rocketing 25% higher this morning.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Just prior to the explosion of seismic activity, a sheet of magma that could fill about 32,000 Olympic-size swimming pools had rocketed up from a depth of at least 12 miles to just a mile below São Jorge’s surface in no more than a day.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2026
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DeSantis also championed the medical freedom proposal, which would have cemented the policies that catapulted him to GOP stardom during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Grainge was catapulted into an entirely new level of influence.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the infrared, this could do everything from revealing the large-scale structure of the early Universe to cataloging far more of the asteroids orbiting in Earth’s vicinity.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Traditional geostationary satellites orbit 20,000 miles up.—
Ben Tarnoff,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Helicopter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helicopter. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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