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whirlybirds

noun

plural of whirlybird

as in helicopters

a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally from the sky a police whirlybird was able to track the fleeing carjacker

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Recent Examples of whirlybirds Of course, there’s more to it than simply getting a nod from over half a dozen nations to order a job lot of whirlybirds. — David Szondy february 24, New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2026

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The Lincoln, its broad flight deck packed with helicopters and warplanes, including the latest F-35 fighter jets, arrived in Laem Chabang early Sept 2.

— USA Today, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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But Skyfall will be more capable than Ingenuity, whose main job was to show that choppers can explore the thin skies of Mars.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The president claimed that a new helipad had to be put in to preserve the White House lawn after the choppers used for Marine One were replaced in 2024 with more powerful aircraft.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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