heli-boarding

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noun

NZ the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane

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Words nearby heli-boarding

heliacal, heliacal rising, helianthemum, helianthine B, helianthus, heli-boarding, heliborne, helic-, helical, helical gear, helical rack

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How to use heli-boarding in a sentence

Saa is now navigating a new life in America as an incognito boarding school student.
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He squints slightly, has a squared jaw, and speaks in British-accented English, the product of a boarding school education.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Donal, he requested to go to boarding school to escape his homelife; also like Donal, he was initially miserable there.
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Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.
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First: Was he contagious when boarding the plane and are his plane-mates therefore at risk?
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It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Mr. Collingwood, taking the key from his mother, locked the little door in the boarding, after them.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Yet the word is general and apparently unconnected with the house, as it was not a stable but a boarding-house.
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Mrs. Barford, as a country heiress, had received a boarding-school education, and was very superior to Letty in every respect.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Immediately after their arrival, he and his brother Nicholas were sent to a boarding-school.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky