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operating table

NOUN
operating room
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Unable to see what was happening from the operating table, Lauryn says: "I have moments of remembering things. A lot is a blur."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

It is warehousing usable items, from file cabinets to the operating table in the surgical theater, and will distribute them to nonprofits primarily in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Some desks were buried under stacks of paper, others were as sterile as a surgeon’s operating table.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The patient is sedated and covered up on the operating table.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

A few minutes later I’m lying on the operating table, the room dim except for the blinding light directly above my head.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott




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