rescue
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Bagehot would recognize the goal: Reduce the encouragement to take risk, known as moral hazard, that offering guarantees in advance creates, but retain the ability to mount a rescue in a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Fabregas expressed his gratitude for the work the county sheriff’s search and rescue team was conducting, saying, “That just makes you feel better that we’re going to, we’re going to find her soon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Authorities would prioritise saving lives and persist with rescue efforts, Kumagai added.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The chances of finding earthquake survivors in Colombia dropped significantly on Friday, four days after the 7.4-magnitude tremor struck, though rescue efforts plowed ahead as hundreds remained missing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Plague-ahwoo, that is correct,” Penelope mumbled distractedly, for she was busy thumbing through a stack of books, searching for some clue as to how to rescue Simon.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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I don’t know how to break the cycle of crises needing rescues that lead to more leverage and new crises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Major rainfall flooding may prompt many evacuations and rescues," the NWS said, adding that rivers and tributaries "may rapidly overflow their banks in multiple places".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
You catch a glimpse of it in the two-part NBC special from 1997 in which Armand Assante’s Odysseus rescues a Trojan toddler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Last Saturday, Maximus Oberto said he did 30 ocean rescues himself.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
During the day he traveled the city with other police officers and National Guard troops, making rescues.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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A 50-year-old father and his two sons have been rescued after they were found adrift off the Thai island of Koh Samui, a local official told AFP on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
A person went overboard the Lincoln in early August but was rescued, according to a U.S. official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In another case last week, a sailor jumped off the ship and spent about an hour in the water before he was rescued and medically evacuated from the Lincoln.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Applause met rescuers on Thursday after they rescued a dog from another collapsed building.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“They were rescued by Australian Marvellers and brought here. Aren't they cute?”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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"We are extremely grateful for the heroic, swift actions of our partner agencies and Good Samaritan vessel who assisted in rescuing survivors from the water," said Capt Doreen McCarthy of the Coast Guard.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
But chances of finding anyone alive beneath deep rubble dwindles rapidly after a critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
But the limits of Hollywood’s imagination squeeze Supergirl to stop partying and start doing some regular old rescuing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
In 1983, at the behest of President Ronald Reagan, he chaired the bipartisan commission that was tasked with rescuing Social Security from financial collapse.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
“Maybe they’re rescuing us or something? Taking us somewhere else?”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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