airlifts
- present tense form of airlift (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The Himalayan nation, home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks including Everest, attracts thousands of trekkers each year, many walking remote high-altitude trails where emergency airlifts are costly.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Lindsey Vonn’s devastating leg injury at the Milan-Cortina Games was a reminder of the vital role emergency airlifts play in Olympic skiing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
"There are no aid planes, no humanitarian airlifts, no real international movement and no ground efforts to break the siege."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
The base is supplied weekly by the Canadian Air Force, and twice a year with bigger airlifts of fuel and cargo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
In addition to outright warfare, the strife has included interdiction of Armenian imports on the Azerbaijani railroads and expensive airlifts of supplies to beleagured Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
From The 1992 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
