gurney
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Kahlo depicts two sides of herself in the masterpiece—one lying bloody on a gurney after a surgery and the other sitting up, triumphant in a red, traditional dress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
It’s said that he was dictating more criticism on the gurney that carried him to his final operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Once Matilde was placed on a gurney and moved into an ambulance, she was taken three miles to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
She gave birth incarcerated, handcuffed to a gurney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024
Neves, still fixated on riding the rest of the card, bolted from his gurney and made a run for it.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
An AFP reporter at the scene witnessed people being carried out of the wreckage on gurneys and loaded into waiting ambulances as hundreds of bystanders looked on, some seemingly in shock.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Background actors who fill the overcrowded waiting room or lie on gurneys waiting for treatment have medical journeys organized by the show’s production team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
They see and treat heart attacks and strokes, or don’t see them, learning that sometimes the people they think are fine to leave waiting on gurneys aren’t.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
He said sometimes bodies were left on gurneys in the hallways outside of the morgue covered with nothing more than a bedsheet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
The floor is linoleum, olive green and white, and in the middle are two gurneys.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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