rescue
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Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who was killed during the Entebbe hostage rescue mission 50 years ago.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“We're just kind of working it from two angles,” Nanos said—a rescue mission or a possible crime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
"To kind of put that in perspective, a busy summer weekend is usually in the 300 rescue range, 500 on the high end," Barnes told AFP on Manhattan Beach.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Even this throughway soon couldn’t handle the traffic between Southern and Central California, and the incline was so dangerous that mule teams had to be summoned to rescue underpowered cars that couldn’t make the grade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
There were just a few days left before Thor was supposed to leave for the animal rescue.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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The intense conditions have prompted thousands of lifeguard rescues along the coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Last Saturday, Maximus Oberto said he did 30 ocean rescues himself.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Last weekend, lifeguards in Los Angeles County performed a record 1,950 ocean rescues -- numbers that lifeguard captain Pono Barnes called "staggering."
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
My wife, Delilah, found them on the website of Frosted Faces Foundation, a nonprofit in the northern San Diego County town of Ramona that rescues senior dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The idea was that people seal themselves in the pop- tent, then the rest of the crew drives to wherever they are in the other rover and rescues them.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Supporters say workers’ compensation changes, including restricted eligibility for some benefits, have rescued the systems from their insolvency crisis of the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Residents initially ignored a civil protection call to evacuate, and some 300 people had to be rescued by sea.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Eleven people were trapped in the building, seven of whom have been rescued so far, Nippon Paper said in a statement on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
A cat cafe inside the mall said on Wednesday that its 25 cats, which had been left behind during the chaos of the quake, had all since been safely rescued.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
She ran away, and Lucas and Nina rescued her and took her in.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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Helal's wife, schoolteacher Mahreen Chowdhury, had died in hospital from extensive burns she had suffered while rescuing students.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
But chances of finding anyone alive beneath deep rubble dwindles rapidly after a critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
This time around, Enola’s impending wedding is interrupted when she learns Sherlock’s been kidnapped and needs rescuing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
But the limits of Hollywood’s imagination squeeze Supergirl to stop partying and start doing some regular old rescuing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
He insisted that this would never happen, he would never get taken by a dragon, and he most certainly did not need rescuing, for he was Jack, Prince of Eternity.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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