extrication
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The agency said rescuers were "carrying out the evacuation process for the trapped victims using extrication equipment to free them from the wrecked train structures".
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "The extrication was especially challenging with fuel lines running throughout the aircraft's chassis and aviation fuel stored in its wings."
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The extrication of the federal workforce from routine economic activity means comparisons, even after data reporting returns, will be askew until normalization sets back in.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
The day after the relatively easy Iris rescue, Sears faced a far more difficult extrication.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
Shorty had dropped on to a bench, and fixed his eyes on the stone wall opposite, as if desperately striving to read there some hint of extrication from his perplexities.
From Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys by John McElroy
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David Copperfield
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 9
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