operating table
Example Sentences
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It is warehousing usable items, from file cabinets to the operating table in the surgical theater, and will distribute them to nonprofits primarily in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Sixteen hours after Tatum was writhing on the court against the New York Knicks, he was stretched out on O’Malley’s operating table on the West side of Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Ms Bacon was given a local anaesthetic to numb her scalp and skull and had immediate improvement in her fingers on the operating table, allowing her to play the clarinet easily.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
An hour later, she was on the operating table.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
It wasn’t there when I arrived this morning, so Mr. Spizz must have sneaked over when I was on the operating table.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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