stretcher
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Video shows him being placed on a stretcher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
But in October, it is being carried out on a stretcher.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Hundreds of tents have occupied Madrid's central Puerta del Sol square since she was taken away on a stretcher last month after the real estate company that owned her flat drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Televised scenes of her being carried away from the flat on a stretcher sparked nationwide protests against Spain’s housing crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Stockdale was then driven to Hanoi and carried on a stretcher into Hao Lo prison—the “Hanoi Hilton,” as American prisoners bitterly joked.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Now, “you don’t see the hall stretchers, it just feels fine. There’s not equipment everywhere.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Retrieving busted bots on stretchers, one of the Humanoid Games’ best visual gags, may actually have originated with her league.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Survivors from Nepal's flood-ravaged districts, some on stretchers, others gently supported by the shoulders, were airlifted to safety on Thursday as the constant roar of helicopters echoed across the devastated town of Bidur.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Like the Egyptians, the Indians had rope stretchers to survey fields and lay out temples.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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It was so hot Nicolas Gonzalez, a fan sitting in the shade of the reserved level, saw a stadium attendant, overcome by heat, stretchered before the game even started.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Irish boxer Lee Reeves is in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital after he was stretchered out of the ring in Dublin on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The victory was marred only when star midfielder Ismaël Koné was stretchered off the pitch with a broken leg after going down from a hard tackle.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
McMorris, who won bronze in slopestyle at the past three Games, was stretchered off the course in Livigno on Wednesday after his accident in training and taken to hospital as a precaution.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
The 30-year-old was stretchered from the field of play with his face in his hands.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
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