rescue
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Jung, the Korea Stockholders’ Alliance head, still wants regulators to delist the single-stock leveraged ETFs and devise rescue measures for individual investors who suffered deep losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Described by SeaWorld as “an unprecedented international whale rescue effort,” the goal is to safely relocate the animals to suitable facilities, including aquariums and marine parks as far away as Atlanta and Valencia, Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The vessel's fast rescue craft was launched to recover the passenger.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It postponed a news conference initially scheduled for 5:00 pm, saying "a rescue operation" was still ongoing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The thought of the Incorrigible children at the zoo was still foremost in her mind, and she was determined to grab the Hixby’s Guide and rescue them as soon as possible.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Szoboszlai rescues a point for Liverpool, scoring a stoppage-time penalty to deny Newcastle an opening game victory at St James' Park in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
In Indianapolis on Saturday, officials conducted 56 water rescues and one man was transported to the hospital, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Major rainfall flooding may prompt many evacuations and rescues," the NWS said, adding that rivers and tributaries "may rapidly overflow their banks in multiple places".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The intense conditions have prompted thousands of lifeguard rescues along the coast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Heroic rescues are not as glamorous as people imagine, I thought as I squished along in the muck.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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"At least they know where their loved ones are and hope they may be rescued, unlike those who still have no information about missing relatives," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Crimson is the latest mountain lion cub to be rescued at the Oakland Zoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
A barn owl was rescued by a group of soldiers after it was seen struggling 70 miles from shore.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s her fourth time participating, and last year she secured second place, losing to a 2-year-old hairless Frenchie and English bulldog mix named Petunia who had been rescued from a backyard breeder in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Since they’d rescued him from the giants, he’d started to regain his strength, but he was still painfully thin.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Wild Futures said the sanctuary began when it started rescuing woolly monkeys from the pet trade.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It will then vie to tow Swift into a stable orbit over the course of at least a month, rescuing it from destruction by moving it about 300 kilometers higher.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 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
But the Aboli-tionists were appalled, and talked of rescuing Sims.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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