operating table
Example Sentences
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The procedure they thought would spare them a complicated surgery leads some to the operating table anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The patient is sedated and covered up on the operating table.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
Among the goods that Fried said are shipped in cargo holds are harvested lungs that need to be delivered to an operating table, temperature-sensitive and radiological pharmaceuticals and parts needed for assembly lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
After his surgery, John said he could notice an improvement as soon as he woke up after spending 10 hours on the operating table.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
There was the same operating table, the same glass syringes.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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