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stretcher

[strech-er] / ˈstrɛtʃ ər /
NOUN
litter
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NOUN
carrying bed
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Images from the funeral show mourners being sprayed with mist to keep them cool and medics carrying an elderly woman away on a stretcher.

From BBC Jul. 5, 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 helicopter flew him to Kathmandu, where an AFP team saw him carried out on a stretcher.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

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

We sat on the front steps as the paramedics took Miles out of the house on a stretcher.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

Footage aired on Al Jazeera showed Palestinian casualties being taken on stretchers in ambulances Saturday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 4, 2025

I could see the stretchers being wheeled in, and I could see Mrs. Cadaver looking down at them.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

The unused veteran was stretchered off and taken to hospital for surgery after hurting himself hurdling an advertising board in the victory celebrations.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Milan, who lost Matteo Gabbia to a muscle problem in the warm-up, suffered another blow early on at the San Siro when Ruben Loftus-Cheek had to be stretchered off with a head injury.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 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

Scotland's nightmare was made worse when Finn Russell and Darcy Graham collided early in the second quarter and both were removed from the contest, the wing being stretchered off after lengthy treatment on the pitch.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2025

Galway man Cooney was assessed by the medical team in the ring before being stretchered out and transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2025



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