airdrop
Americanverb (used with object)
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“We have to perform the airdrop as a surprise, so people don’t gather below,” Phille said earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The photographer, meanwhile, was only able to airdrop pictures, says Nita.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
Early on Tuesday, the British government announced that it had carried out its first airdrop of food into Gaza.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
The amount of aid delivered by a French plane in an airdrop last week was much less than a single truckload.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
The closest thing I’d had to human contact since the airdrop, the distant lights triggered a flood of emotion that caught me off guard.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
The United States, France and others have airdropped tens of thousands of military-style meals into Gaza, but those deliveries have fallen far short of the 6.6 million meals that are needed each day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
“The issue of aid is brutal and no one accepts it,” said another resident, Momen Mahra, claiming that most airdropped aid falls into the sea.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
Meanwhile, the US says it airdropped 36,000 meals into northern Gaza on Tuesday in co-ordination with Jordan - the second such joint mission in recent days.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Monday that his country’s air force had airdropped “urgent medical aid” to a field hospital operated by the kingdom in the Gaza Strip.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Then adds, “A few years back, I remember hearing about a stranded cruise ship. They airdropped them Spam and Pop-Tarts. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have MoonPies.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
The result is that an average food delivery by truck costs $180 per ton, while airdropping is a whopping $16,000 per ton, according to a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The United States has joined other countries in airdropping supplies to the isolated region of northern Gaza and has announced separate plans to construct a pier to get aid in.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
The US Air Force has released footage of American cargo planes airdropping humanitarian aid into northern Gaza.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
Jordan began airdropping aid in November and has completed more than a dozen missions since, largely to resupply its field hospitals in Gaza.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
She told the Associated Press that first responders were using “every tactic imaginable” to contain the blaze, including airdropping fire retardant.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2022
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