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rescue

[res-kyoo] / ˈrɛs kju /




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Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Monday, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confirmed the deaths and said investigations were under way, while search and rescue operations continued.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Izmir mayor Cemil Tugay said on X that rescue teams were "continuing their work to remove the collapsed platform" and that those affected were factory workers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Vlasenko, who weighed around 75 kilograms, or 165 pounds, before the war, realized something was happening—perhaps a rescue by quad bike and trailer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

"We expected at that time the police would take action immediately to go and rescue the other members there, but it didn't happen," said Wanje, who reported the case to the police in March 2023.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

His birthday is on February 20, and he prays that will be the day of their rescue.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Today, they share their home with four rescues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, or MONOSAR, is a nonprofit organization made up of unpaid community members who volunteer their time and often their own equipment to perform rescues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Formed in 1935, it currently has more than 80 volunteers who regularly attend mountain and cave rescues, as well as assisting in other public service incidents.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The United Nations, which has launched a $50 million appeal to help more than 84,000 people, has said that "operations are shifting from search and rescue to relief and recovery, though rescues continue".

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Heroic rescues are not as glamorous as people imagine, I thought as I squished along in the muck.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The Interior ministry said one person had been rescued, but the number of people still missing was yet to be established.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Newport Beach lifeguards rescued him around 11:30 a.m., he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Not long afterward, an Argentinean expedition arrived and rescued the survivors, bringing their extraordinary Antarctic ordeal to an end.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

A man in Riverside was rescued from an 18-inch underground drain pipe Saturday after being trapped there for three days, according to Riverside police.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

“So it seems that I’ve been rescued by mistake,” Fflewddur said, after Taran explained what had happened.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Fire crews responded around 9 a.m. to the Pacoima Wash near Parthenia Street, rescuing two men and a woman from the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The presence of Cruise -- a man sometimes credited with rescuing the box office after its pandemic slump with "Top Gun: Maverick" -- was always going to make the film stand out.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

But downsizing means rescuing yourself from being a “prisoner of your possessions,” as Ciji Ware writes in her new book, “Rightsizing Over 70.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Bouncing down dusty roads, performing at snake-handling parties, rescuing homeowners from vipers and thousands of creatures from nameless obscurity, the snake men appeal to the renegade in us all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini


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