stretcher
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Martinez needed treatment for eight minutes before leaving the pitch on a stretcher.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
She was taken off the plane on a stretcher when the flight landed in Los Angeles from Mexico, and was taken to hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The spark was ignited on September 23 when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Every robot that faceplanted, lost a limb, or disintegrated in a spray of sparks was borne away on a stretcher by human attendants with deadpan solicitude.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Within just a few minutes the guards emerged from the crowd, gliding on their forebears, carrying something covered in cloth between them on a little stretcher.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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Survivors disembarked a rescue boat at the French port of Calais in the mid-morning, some on stretchers and in wheelchairs, many wrapped in emergency blankets, an AFP correspondent said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 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
The four men were then seen being laid on stretchers, covered by foil blankets, and receiving medical attention.
From BBC ● May 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
Every bed was occupied, and new cases were left on the stretchers and laid between the beds to take advantage of the transfusion stands.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
Meanwhile, defender Chadi Riad was stretchered off with a serious knee injury in the 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off after the bob hurtled down the track for a good 30 seconds on its side.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
There was less good news for Slot on the injury front after Japan midfielder Wataru Endo was stretchered off in the first half.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
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
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