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- noun Plural form of
airdrop . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
airdrop .
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Examples
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MCCONNELL: Well the drops - please understand the airdrops are a very small fraction of the total food aid that is going and is continuing to go into Afghanistan.
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To what degree did the military stick to a plan that was inadequate, and how quick was it to improvise creative solutions such as airdrops of supplies from helicopters?
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The team received no outside support such as airdrops of supplies.
unknown title 2009
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At AventureStats, the definition of Solo similarly implies "no human assistance (such as airdrops); no physical human contact throughout the entire expedition, and no proximity to other expeditions on the ice."
unknown title 2009
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'airdrops' [in which equipment parachutes down from an aircraft] ....
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'airdrops' [in which equipment parachutes down from an aircraft] ....
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'airdrops' [in which equipment parachutes down from an aircraft] ....
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Bad weather, however, delayed airdrops for Cross before the war ended so Donovan eventually scrubbed the sabotage and kidnap missions.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The British grew nervous the massive supply operation would end up arming different Maquis factions to fight one another after the war but Donovan pressed to keep up the airdrops.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Bad weather, however, delayed airdrops for Cross before the war ended so Donovan eventually scrubbed the sabotage and kidnap missions.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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