stretcher
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Outlining the case on Monday, Paxton told the court bodies had been discovered "on the racks" of a cold storage area and one was found on a stretcher on the floor.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Chris Paxton KC told the packed court bodies had been discovered "on the racks" of a cold storage area and one was found on a stretcher on the floor.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Videos shared by Ukrainian emergency services on Telegram showed rescue workers and civilians carrying a woman out of an apartment building on a stretcher, her body covered in dust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A medical worker carrying a stretcher told AFP that the hospital morgue was full.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Guards followed Werfel through the crooked streets with the emissary on a stretcher.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
AFP journalists at a major hospital on Friday afternoon saw several people, including children, being carried in on stretchers or by their arms and legs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
AFP journalists at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital saw several adults and children being carried in on stretchers or by their arms and legs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
The man films as he moves around inside the centre, where more bodies are kept on stretchers as well as the floor.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
There were stretchers lifted and slid into the slings above.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
Cameron was stretchered off in the second half of the Hurricanes' 52-10 Super Rugby hammering of Moana Pasifika on Friday night, with coach Clark Laidlaw conceding "it didn't look good" for the classy one-Test playmaker.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
A celebratory evening for the hosts was marred by the sight of England striker Michelle Agyemang being stretchered off after she went down clutching her knee.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
A stoppage loss to David Price in 2019 ended with Allen being stretchered out of the ring and he gave up the sport the following year.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
Roberts was sent off, while the French striker, 27, was stretchered off the field before being taken to hospital.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025