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It is the first time the UK military has parachuted in medical personnel to provide humanitarian support, according to the MoD.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
To stabilize production and address shortages of engines, raw materials and semiconductors, Boeing, for example, has parachuted more specialists into its suppliers' facilities.
From Reuters ● Jul. 28, 2022
Certainly, the apparent theme of the documentary — that Dulwich faces a “bleak future” and Crouch has parachuted in to save it — has not been universally accepted.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Jonno Haim, a thirtysomething failed writer from New York, has parachuted into Detroit as a citizen journalist to tell the "real" untold story of the city's blight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
An 87-year-old World War II veteran has parachuted from a plane in Ohio to support his ailing great-grandson.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2013
