stretcher
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Video shows him being placed on a stretcher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
But in October, it is being carried out on a stretcher.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Hundreds of tents have occupied Madrid's central Puerta del Sol square since she was taken away on a stretcher last month after the real estate company that owned her flat drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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
By sunrise, the girls had built a stretcher by tying old pieces of wood and broken branches with torn strips of cloth from a pair of Juanita’s old shorts.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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The government dispatched two aircraft equipped with stretchers and medical teams, as government officials rushed to the scene, while Prime Minister Rumen Radev cancelled his appointments for later Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
They came up with the stretchers as yet another way to humanize robots for a wide audience.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
On homemade stretchers, in wheelbarrows, on carts, slung across shoulders, and clenched tight in arms.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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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
The 31-year-old Limerick fighter was stretchered out of the ring after the fight and transferred to hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Former Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe was stretchered off the course during the women's halfpipe qualifiers at the Milan-Cortina Games on Thursday after suffering a heavy fall.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 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
Ioan's mum Nanette, who had seen him being stretchered up the hill, stayed with Bella, only telling her later how bad Ioan's injuries were.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
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