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Recent Examples of heliport
He then was flown to a Manhattan heliport, where he was walked slowly up a pier by a throng of officers with assault rifles — a contingent that included New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
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Michael R. Sisak, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
The proposal to close the heliport sparked opposition across the state.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
He was taken to the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan after arriving in New York at the Wall Street heliport in a helicopter, with cuffs binding both his arms and legs.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Flight data at the heliport is limited, but the most recently available Department of Transportation show 1,696 arrivals and departures.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
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Michael R. Sisak, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
The proposal to close the heliport sparked opposition across the state.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
He was taken to the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan after arriving in New York at the Wall Street heliport in a helicopter, with cuffs binding both his arms and legs.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Flight data at the heliport is limited, but the most recently available Department of Transportation show 1,696 arrivals and departures.
—Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heliport
Noun
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And there’s also helipad forward on the upper deck.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The design includes a beach club with two pools, a swim platform for direct access to the water, and a helipad at the bow.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
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JetBlue Airways is extending its suspension of flights into Haiti’s main international airport in Port-au-Prince.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
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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About two-thirds of the U.S. bases in the southern part of the island will eventually be vacated, including a logistics hub filled with warehouses, a seaport and the Futenma air base.—
Martin Fackler,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Heliport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heliport. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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