extrication
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"A complex extrication with our technical rescue team" was needed, "including a search and rescue of the pilot and co-pilot that were trapped in this aircraft."
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 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
There appeared to be people trapped in vehicles, with the department reporting “some with extrication needs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
It may be merely a feint of the enemy to aid in the extrication of Sherman.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
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David Copperfield
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