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stretcher

[strech-er] / ˈstrɛtʃ ər /
NOUN
litter
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NOUN
carrying bed
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Women in green scrubs and hairnets were lined up to greet her as her stretcher rolled out of the elevator.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

AFP photographs showed mourners carrying Haddad's body, wrapped in a Hamas flag, on a stretcher from the ruins of a building.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

A title favorite this year from Unitree, one of China’s top humanoid-robot makers, collapsed several times and was taken off the track on a stretcher, leaving the race unfinished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The France forward left the pitch at Anfield on a stretcher, and Liverpool fear he faces a long absence, and that he may miss the start of next season.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“He’s alive. They couldn’t get him off you. They had to carry him down on the stretcher, right on top of you. The vet’s amazed. Says there’s no way he should have survived all that.”

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart



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