emergency
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It was three days after a stranded mariner’s emergency flare apparently sent flames raging through the south end of Channel Islands National Park’s second-largest island.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Muhammed Secka's body was found the day after emergency services were called to Rother Valley Country Park, in South Yorkshire, on Bank Holiday Monday.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Eleanor Hayward reports for the Times of London on the situation in British emergency rooms, known as Accident & Emergency departments:
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Communities also tend to be suspicious of outsiders who suddenly flood in to treat what they say is an emergency but that many locals see as a spectacular misuse of resources.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
“See if you can get any emergency information.”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing emergency
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