airlift
noun
a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
has airlifted
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present perfectof airlift (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The government declared a state of emergency in January and has airlifted severely malnourished people out of villages, set up a checkpoint at a major waterway into the territory and hunted and destroyed active mines.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
India has airlifted 565 people from Afghanistan, most of them Indian embassy personnel and citizens living there but also dozens of Afghans including Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, a government official said on condition of anonymity.
From Reuters ● Aug. 26, 2021
Altogether, the German army, or Bundeswehr, has airlifted 5,193 people out of Kabul, 539 of those on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
Malta has airlifted a newborn and his mother from a Spanish migrant rescue ship and rejected accusations that it had refused food to more than 300 other migrants on board.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2018
Since February, the agency has airlifted 774 metric tons of food — enough to fill nearly 37 20-foot shipping containers — to seven hard-to-reach locations in Bay, Bakool, Gedo and Lower Juba.
From Washington Post
