extrication
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"A complex extrication with our technical rescue team" was needed, "including a search and rescue of the pilot and co-pilot that were trapped in this aircraft."
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: "The extrication was especially challenging with fuel lines running throughout the aircraft's chassis and aviation fuel stored in its wings."
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The extrication of the federal workforce from routine economic activity means comparisons, even after data reporting returns, will be askew until normalization sets back in.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
A paramedic and extrication equipment were deployed to the car using a 200-foot line, the sheriff’s office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023
From no scrape does it seem hopeless for them to find some means of extrication.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
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David Copperfield
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"Introduction to Homeland Security," Vocabulary from Chapter 9
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