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rescue

[res-kyoo] / ˈrɛs kju /




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The tribes also have worked together after rains to orchestrate rescue missions for chi that are trapped in puddles, offshoots and agricultural ditches.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

"When called upon, we rescue people - men, women, and children - in distress."

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopards, hornbills, and once an anteater.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

A search and rescue operation is underway after a fatal ferry fire in the Philippines.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Even if I can’t keep him forever, I want to at least keep him until he goes back home to the wild, not give him to the skunk rescue people.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

Violet, named for the color of identifying crayon scrawled on her brow, is one of 250 to 500 patients the Marine Mammal Care Center rescues along the Los Angeles County coast every year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Nepali rescuers faced challenging conditions on Sunday as search operations after catastrophic floods entered a 12th day, buoyed by the extraordinary rescues of four survivors.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Elevated surf and rip currents as a result of Marie are arriving following a series of tragedies and increased rescues along Southern California beaches this summer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Szoboszlai rescues a point for Liverpool, scoring a stoppage-time penalty to deny Newcastle an opening game victory at St James' Park in the Premier League.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

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

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

A 15-year-old boy has been rescued after spending days sitting atop a boat that had capsized in the frigid waters of Alaska's Bering Sea.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Forty-three people were rescued, with many receiving treatment in hospital, and searches continue for more than 50 people who remain unaccounted for.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

In Borneo's West Kalimantan province, at lest 15 of the animals have been rescued from flames and haze since July, some stuck in plantations after fires cut off access to their forest home.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

As if being ripped nationwide for his travel plans wasn’t painful enough, McVay will also be skewered for a baffling decision on a third-quarter play that could have rescued the Rams but instead doomed them.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

I know because I finally rescued that darn journal from the bottom of my bag and wrote it down.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

He said rescuers had called into the tunnel: "Don't worry, we are rescuing you."

From Barron's Sep. 4, 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

Remote-piloted drones help to deliver supplies and evacuate the wounded, rescuing servicemen, Ukraine’s most valuable resource, but they remain labor intensive.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Wild Futures said the sanctuary began when it started rescuing woolly monkeys from the pet trade.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

He dimly sensed that somebody was rescuing him.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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