gurney
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The rescuers guided Gil out of his would-be tomb, onto a gurney and outside into the crush of onlookers waiting below the tropical sun, already blazing before 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
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
It’s said that he was dictating more criticism on the gurney that carried him to his final operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 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
It was blurry and oversaturated, but I could make out the shape of a young man on a gurney pleading for his life with a bright red biohazard sign imprinted on his hospital gown.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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
The new season doesn’t ease up on its episodic biopsies of bad policy results piling up on the gurneys lining the trauma center’s walls.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026
An image published by state media on Monday showed a room in a main hospital in the city flooded with murky water and two patients seated on gurneys.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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
One girl described how she slept on gurneys in hospital emergency rooms at night while attending college during the day.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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