rescue

Example Sentences

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Troops were deployed to the scene, while firefighters rescued journalists trapped inside the building.

From BBC

"We stood up and wanted to thank him, but he had already gone back into the sea to rescue other people," says Mr Xu.

From BBC

Another awkwardly titled but affecting rescue movie, in this case about an American soldier in Afghanistan and his interpreter toward the end of America’s ill-fated fight against a resurgent Taliban.

From The Wall Street Journal

We wanted pasta that stretched and sighed, casseroles that arrived bubbling and bronzed, soups that tasted like something rescued from memory and improved by adulthood.

From Salon

In January, three tigers and a leopard died at a wildlife rescue centre in India's Nagpur city from the virus that typically infects birds.

From BBC