stretcher
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A team of veterinarians rushed to assist the visibly feeble creature, giving him water before carrying him away on a stretcher.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
There was a lengthy delay to the competition before Langton was taken away on a trolley and then a stretcher.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The family started a GoFundMe page, which has raised £40,000 to cover his flight to Athens and then a specialist flight home to Peterborough City Hospital, during which he had to remain on a stretcher.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
Mrs. Olinski thought Dr. Rohmer would have to be taken out on a stretcher.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
They ferried them on stretchers to waiting vehicles and ambulances near the entrance to the mine.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
Relatives wept openly, clutching phones and identity cards, while medical teams hurried stretchers through the packed corridors.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
When I dyed chunks of my hair bright blue, those drama queens almost needed to be put on stretchers and rushed to the hospital.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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
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
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
Roberts was sent off, while the French striker, 27, was stretchered off the field before being taken to hospital.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2025
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