stretcher
Example Sentences
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“We thought maybe they came and there’s a stretcher and they took her out the back but her phone was there, her purse was there, all her things and it just didn’t make any sense.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Officials raced towards her and she received lengthy medical treatment before being towed away on a stretcher, with her condition unknown.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
After crashing 13 seconds into the downhill Vonn was airlifted off the mountain on a stretcher and later underwent surgery Sunday at a hospital in Treviso.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Previously unseen photos showing Jeffrey Epstein's body lying on a stretcher and being attended to by medics in the immediate aftermath of his death have been released by the US government.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
The stretcher was lifted and Jonathan felt himself carried along the riverside.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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