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gurney

[gur-nee] / ˈgɜr ni /


NOUN
stretcher
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Kahlo depicts two sides of herself in the masterpiece—one lying bloody on a gurney after a surgery and the other sitting up, triumphant in a red, traditional dress.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

His phone rings during a moment of silence for a deceased patient and he injures his finger moving a patient off a gurney.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

There, lying on a gurney was the very woman who had selected Dr Bhargava to head the hospital - Indira Gandhi.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2025

But by the beginning of October, doctors felt he was strong enough to travel to Colorado in a gurney for rehab.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 16, 2024

Julie laughs, and my dad helps me get off the gurney and into the wheelchair.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

An AFP reporter at the scene witnessed people being carried out of the wreckage on gurneys and loaded into waiting ambulances as hundreds of bystanders looked on, some seemingly in shock.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

Background actors who fill the overcrowded waiting room or lie on gurneys waiting for treatment have medical journeys organized by the show’s production team.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

They see and treat heart attacks and strokes, or don’t see them, learning that sometimes the people they think are fine to leave waiting on gurneys aren’t.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2025

That leads to a spillover into the corridors, with patients in wheelchairs, on hospital beds and gurneys filling all the available space.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2025

I'm in a huge room filled with rows of gurneys and chemicals boiling under metal hoods.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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