stretcher
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"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 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
Chris Paxton KC told the packed court bodies had been discovered "on the racks" of a cold storage area and one was found on a stretcher on the floor.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
There was a lengthy halt to proceedings after Langton's fall before he was taken away on a stretcher.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Room 22 is just big enough to accommodate the stretcher.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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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
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
Medics took people out of the station on stretchers and in wheelchairs, according to FOX 5 Atlanta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
Then they stepped into the shell, sat down and laced their feet into the stretchers, pushed off from the float, and started to paddle up the lake toward the starting line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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
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
A stoppage loss to David Price in 2019 ended with Allen being stretchered out of the ring and he gave up the sport the following year.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
He was clearly discomforted by the swelling on his foot and had to be stretchered from the field.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025