stretcher
Example Sentences
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Two men, who came to retrieve the stretcher, saw inside Legacy's premises.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Fiala, who was laying face down on the ice, was able to prop himself on his elbows but did not move his lower body before being placed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 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
Vonn was eventually strapped into a stretcher and winched into the air by a rescue helicopter as the crowd applauded.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
As she hurried along the ground-floor corridor she met Fiona coming the other way on the front of a stretcher.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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