rescuer

Example Sentences

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An Australian animal welfare group is seeking a heroic dog with an appetite for adventure for a full-time position as a koala rescuer.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

"It affects the community when something like that happens, especially when a rescuer is lost and those people risk their lives to go and help other people in difficulty," Margie Fitzgerald said.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

They enact for their confused rescuer the story of the forgotten fairy at the christening, the curse and the spindle—and then go back to sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"We're going to find your mother right away," a rescuer told a little girl he was carrying out of the smoke and debris, according to police footage.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

There were many other emergencies in which the lunar module might find itself, and the command-module pilot’s job as rescuer was a very complex one.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins