airlift
noun
a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
was airlifting
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past progressiveof airlift.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Health Minister Duane Sands said the government was airlifting 25 doctors, nurses and other health workers to Abaco and hoped to bring in mental health workers soon.
From Fox News ● Sep. 4, 2019
Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi was airlifting at least 10 critically ill, mostly premature infants from its neonatal intensive care unit to Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth.
From Time ● Aug. 25, 2017
