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stretcher

[strech-er] / ˈstrɛtʃ ər /
NOUN
litter
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NOUN
carrying bed
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The Ducks could only watch as their leader was lifted onto a stretcher and carted from the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

An ambulance was called and he was taken away on a stretcher wearing a pelvic brace.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

"We more or less went voluntarily," the former careworker, 63, told AFP at a community centre kitted out with stretcher beds for a handful of evacuees, including herself and husband Ulrich.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

A miner opened the gate and held it back as they walked the stretcher off.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

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

He and Pawlak would hurry out to the cement landing pad by the hospital to pull loaded stretchers off the choppers and rush the injured into the ER.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

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

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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