makeshift
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Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
At a makeshift morgue set up in a port warehouse in La Guaira, hundreds of bodies were stored in white and black body bags and coffins waiting to be identified, an AFP correspondent reported.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
The injured are being treated in makeshift medical facilities after dozens of buildings in the country's north were destroyed by the two quakes, including in the capital Caracas.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Shortly after, cinematographer Pat Scola’s overhead view of a makeshift cemetery is a stunner.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
The school’s administrative offices functioned as a makeshift town hall.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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