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rescue

[res-kyoo] / ˈrɛs kju /




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In searing heat, rescue crews are digging through the rubble at a paper factory and a shopping mall in Kumamoto prefecture, looking for trapped survivors.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

At Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz County, a lifeguard was captured on video dragging a boy out of the water in a harrowing rescue.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Almásy shelters Katharine in a cave and goes off to get help, eventually evading arrest and stealing an airplane to rescue her.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan on Tuesday, triggering rescue operations and safety protocols.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The thought of the Incorrigible children at the zoo was still foremost in her mind, and she was determined to grab the Hixby’s Guide and rescue them as soon as possible.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

My wife, Delilah, found them on the website of Frosted Faces Foundation, a nonprofit in the northern San Diego County town of Ramona that rescues senior dogs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Murphy, 10, has cherry eye surgery and a dental cleaning at Frosted Faces Foundation in Ramona, a nonprofit that rescues senior dogs, on February 20, 2025.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Richard Vague’s “The Banker Who Made America” rescues Willing from oblivion, declaring his subject “the most powerful figure in early American history that you’ve likely never heard of.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Ten days after one of Latin America’s worst earthquake disasters, attention is turning increasingly away from possible rescues of survivors to recovery of the bodies of loved ones.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Apparently, daring rescues weren’t part of a jewel thief’s repertoire.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Eight people were rescued from the mall, five of whom had injuries, a local official told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

The students were rescued by the army hours after they were taken and generally, the authorities appear to have made recent inroads in their fight against armed gangs.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

"We're on maximum alert. We're doing everything we can to get the situation under control," Rahman said, adding that the coast guard had rescued "618 trafficking victims" this year.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Other figures have been rescued by the author from obscurity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Emma leaned back against the old lady who’d rescued her and Finn.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

It will then vie to tow Swift into a stable orbit over the course of at least a month, rescuing it from destruction by moving it about 300 kilometers higher.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 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

His missions included rescuing several Naval aviators and one unsuccessful attempt to rescue a Navy deckhand who fell overboard in the middle of the night.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Then it came to me that even though rescuing Father was the daring thing to do, it wasn’t the smartest thing.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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