stretcher
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A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer, as rescuers carried him on a stretcher.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
One man had his hands joined in a gesture of thanks or prayer as he was carried away in a stretcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It got better when a pair of solemn-looking humans carried the competitor away on a stretcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"We more or less went voluntarily," the former careworker, 63, told AFP at a community centre kitted out with stretcher beds for a handful of evacuees, including herself and husband Ulrich.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Just as we come around his house, I spot Mama and Papi in our open doorway as two EMT workers bring a stretcher down the front stoop.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
They ferried them on stretchers to waiting vehicles and ambulances near the entrance to the mine.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
It's the stuff of smelling salts and stretchers.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
AFP journalists at a major hospital on Friday afternoon saw several people, including children, being carried in on stretchers or by their arms and legs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Footage aired on Al Jazeera showed Palestinian casualties being taken on stretchers in ambulances Saturday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025
It took six EMTs and two teachers — Mr. Varner and Coach Clapp — to shift the van far enough away from us to bring the stretchers in.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
The 31-year-old Limerick fighter was stretchered out of the ring after the fight and transferred to hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The unused veteran was stretchered off and taken to hospital for surgery after hurting himself hurdling an advertising board in the victory celebrations.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Milan, who lost Matteo Gabbia to a muscle problem in the warm-up, suffered another blow early on at the San Siro when Ruben Loftus-Cheek had to be stretchered off with a head injury.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Former Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe was stretchered off the course during the women's halfpipe qualifiers at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday after suffering a heavy fall.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
A stoppage loss to David Price in 2019 ended with Allen being stretchered out of the ring and he gave up the sport the following year.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
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