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stretcher

[strech-er] / ˈstrɛtʃ ər /
NOUN
litter
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NOUN
carrying bed
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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

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September after she was unable to afford rent increases.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The government introduced the measures after nationwide protests following the eviction, on a stretcher, of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from a Madrid apartment she had occupied for around seven decades.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 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

Then he reached up overhead and pulled off one of the elastic strips tied along the bar above the stretcher.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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

Footage from state media showed paramedics carrying stretchers at the site, with ambulances in the background.

From BBC ● May 23, 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

Relatives wept openly, clutching phones and identity cards, while medical teams hurried stretchers through the packed corridors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

He was conjuring stretchers and lifting the limp forms of Harry, Hermione, and Black onto them.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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

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 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

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


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