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helipad

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Recent Examples of helipad The marina with a helipad represents only one piece of Griffin’s rapidly expanding South Florida footprint. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 Key Facts Construction crews were working on the South Lawn helipad project on Monday night, which is now blocked off from view by a large black fence, the Post reported citing three anonymous sources familiar with the plans. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The New York Times reported in May that the president expressed interest in constructing a new helipad on the South Lawn, which would measure about 100 feet in diameter and contain a depiction of the presidential seal on top. — Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 30 June 2026 Paramedics work to transport Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for several days in the Everest region, from the helipad at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu on June 4, 2026. — CBS News, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for helipad

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Noun

The two-acre facility, owned by the city and operated by Downtown Skyport, is the busiest commercial heliport in the world, hosting up to 200 flights a day.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 19 June 2026
An example of an inherently objectionable use might be a heliport in a heavily residential municipality.

— Michael Helbing, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

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Why China is moving fast with robot hospitality China has already embraced service robots in hotels, restaurants, airports and public spaces.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Miles of security fencing now surround the National Mall, with extensive road closures and airport-style screening at entrances to both the Great American State Fair and the Salute to America event.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026

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Analysts believe such flexibility could prove valuable in any future high-intensity conflict where conventional airfields are under constant threat.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
By 1944, the Flying Tigers had come under American control, but still flew out of airfields in China, including one in Yunnan, China, where McKinney was based.

— Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Definition of airfield

Noun

The city has a sprawling air base and is home to an infantry division.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
At about the same time, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps had destroyed a vital and expensive E-3 AWACS aircraft, one of sixteen left in service, while it was parked at an air base deep inside Saudi Arabia.

— Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

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