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stretcher

[strech-er] / ˈstrɛtʃ ər /
NOUN
litter
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NOUN
carrying bed
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An ambulance was called and he was taken away on a stretcher wearing a pelvic brace.

From BBC Aug. 20, 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

A team of veterinarians rushed to assist the visibly feeble creature, giving him water before carrying him away on a stretcher.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The 36-year-old appeared to land awkwardly as he fell over the advertising hoardings at the Azteca Stadium and left the pitch on a stretcher.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

By lifting Garfield's bedsheet as he lay upon it, a group of doctors and attendants gently shifted him from his bed onto a stretcher.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

An AFP journalist at the hospital reported the four deceased Palestinians' bodies were laid on stretchers and wrapped in Palestinian flags while friends and relatives said their good-byes.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

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

Last of all came orderlies with stretchers between them.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Meanwhile, defender Chadi Riad was stretchered off with a serious knee injury in the 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Irish boxer Lee Reeves is in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital after he was stretchered out of the ring in Dublin on Saturday.

From BBC Aug. 2, 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

Cameron was stretchered off in the second half of the Hurricanes' 52-10 Super Rugby hammering of Moana Pasifika on Friday night, with coach Clark Laidlaw conceding "it didn't look good" for the classy one-Test playmaker.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 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



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