stretcher

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Canada's Cassie Sharpe, the 2018 Olympic champion and 2022 silver medallist, qualified third after her first run, but was taken away on a stretcher after a heavy crash on her second.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

After crashing 13 seconds into the downhill Vonn was airlifted off the mountain on a stretcher and later underwent surgery Sunday at a hospital in Treviso.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

In the footage, an elderly grey-haired man struggles to descend a flight of stairs from a plane and is then placed on a stretcher, where he lies shivering.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Previously unseen photos showing Jeffrey Epstein's body lying on a stretcher and being attended to by medics in the immediate aftermath of his death have been released by the US government.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

As Galya lay on her stretcher about to be carried away, she made Irina Rakobolskaya promise that when she came back to the regiment, she’d be allowed to fly again.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein