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
"Even if they airdrop food, airdrop anything - we're completely exhausted."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
This was the largest coalition airdrop of the war: 14 aircraft from nine nations delivering 10 tonnes of aid.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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
Efforts to reach people in areas still cut off are ongoing, with aid having to be airdropped into some places.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
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
Air Force cargo planes airdropped 66 pallets over southwest Gaza, according to a U.S. official.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
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
With the humanitarian crisis worsening, the United States this month started airdropping food and water into the enclave.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
The US Air Force has released footage of American cargo planes airdropping humanitarian aid into northern Gaza.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
The airdrop was coordinated with the Royal Jordanian Air Force, which has been airdropping food and took part in Saturday’s mission.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Initially, the copycat protests consisted of individual students furtively leaving posters with those slogans on their campuses or airdropping fliers to strangers in public places — what activists called a “poster movement.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
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