stretcher
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Images from the funeral show mourners being sprayed with mist to keep them cool and medics carrying an elderly woman away on a stretcher.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Videos shared by Ukrainian emergency services on Telegram showed rescue workers and civilians carrying a woman out of an apartment building on a stretcher, her body covered in dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Women in green scrubs and hairnets were lined up to greet her as her stretcher rolled out of the elevator.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Images released by a local media outlet showed a woman being evacuated on a stretcher and scenes of heartbreak outside the school, with people crying and hugging each other.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
He was standing alongside the stretcher table with his back to the rear of the elevator.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The man films as he moves around inside the centre, where more bodies are kept on stretchers as well as the floor.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Relatives wept openly, clutching phones and identity cards, while medical teams hurried stretchers through the packed corridors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
Footage aired on Al Jazeera showed Palestinian casualties being taken on stretchers in ambulances Saturday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2025
Last of all came orderlies with stretchers between them.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
The victory was marred only when star midfielder Ismaël Koné was stretchered off the pitch with a broken leg after going down from a hard tackle.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
Pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off after the bob hurtled down the track for a good 30 seconds on its side.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
He was clearly discomforted by the swelling on his foot and had to be stretchered from the field.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
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