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gurney

[gur-nee] / ˈgɜr ni /


NOUN
stretcher
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He was treated on the field for several minutes and then taken away on a gurney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Corinna Barrett Lain: So when you think of the obfuscation, you know, you might want to ask yourself: Why are they on a gurney?

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Some 24 hours later, she was handcuffed to a gurney and taken to a psychiatric hospital.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Paramedics later put the injured man on a gurney and place him in an ambulance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

The ambulance crew loaded my father onto the gurney and raced back out.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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

As the scale of destruction emerged, Myanmar officials declared a "mass casualty area" at Naypyidaw General Hospital, where patients lay on gurneys outside, intravenous drips hanging from makeshift stands.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

The next test, for Menards, takes me to the southwestern suburbs, to a regular allopathic hospital, complete with patients being whisked around corridors on gurneys.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich


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