rescue

Example Sentences

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The 42-year-old dictator was also credited with having performed three miracles: personally overseeing the rescue of citizens from a major flood, reviving that hard-hit area and completing work on a modern greenhouse farm.

From The Wall Street Journal

Albion rescued a late point from a 1-1 draw at Derby to stop the rot and also picked up points from goalless draws against Stoke and Birmingham.

From BBC

The NHS says it has secured a rescue package of alternative medical cement to allow joint surgery to continue.

From BBC

It was announced a few days before Christmas that the security forces had rescued all the remaining pupils and staff who had been taken from St Mary's by gunmen on 21 November.

From BBC

Pete, the rescue cat she got more than a decade ago and who she thinks is 16 years old, prowls in, quite at home in the apparent chaos.

From BBC