rescue
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“While our crews and partner agencies worked together to bring all three people to safety, we recognize that this rescue ended in a heartbreaking loss. Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this tragedy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Shifen Fox, whose father was killed during the siege, sets out to rescue its story in “The Battle of Hengyang.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
All the while, De Anda was soliciting donations from the public to run her rescue and continued to take in animals that she could not care for, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Videos shared on social media showed partially submerged cars and rescue workers attempting to reach a vehicle trapped in a heavily flooded underpass.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
His birthday is on February 20, and he prays that will be the day of their rescue.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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The rescues have mostly been of swimmers not properly judging the strong currents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The BBC's South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri, reporting from Nepal, describes how the rescues have given renewed hope to some families still waiting to find out what happened to missing relatives.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
India, which has extensive experience in such rescues, has sent an 11-person specialised team.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Szoboszlai rescues a point for Liverpool, scoring a stoppage-time penalty to deny Newcastle an opening game victory at St James' Park in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The idea was that people seal themselves in the pop- tent, then the rest of the crew drives to wherever they are in the other rover and rescues them.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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He survived but lost part of his leg, another surfer who rescued him told the ABC.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
After the fire department shared a video of Suki’s rescue on its Facebook page, commenters shared their own stories of their furry friends being rescued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
No one seemed to enjoy having a team more than Ballmer, the former Microsoft boss who was hailed as a savior when he rescued the Donald Sterling-toxified franchise in 2014.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
One person has died and 102 have been rescued from a stricken Indonesian passenger ferry in the Java Sea, an official said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“It’s a Story Book. It’s actually pretty rare; there were only four made. My grandfather got this one when he rescued an old woman who used to ride a giant goose.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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And one commenter, referencing the classic hot firemen calendars used as fundraisers, wrote: “Someone should make a calendar of handsome men rescuing cats and dogs!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He said rescuers had called into the tunnel: "Don't worry, we are rescuing you."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
I alerted the organizations involved in rescuing monuments threatened by war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Nepalese army and armed police forces have been rescuing flooding victims, although many rescuers are struggling to reach the disaster zone on the Tibet side.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
And Gran, she’s always rescuing things: birds with broken wings, a sick beaver, a deer hit by a car.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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