stretcher

Example Sentences

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He sustained a leg injury during a collision with Tom Wilson and was taken off the ice on a stretcher late in Switzerland’s loss to Canada at the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Officials raced towards her and she received lengthy medical treatment before being towed away on a stretcher, with her condition unknown.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

After crashing 13 seconds into the downhill Vonn was airlifted off the mountain on a stretcher and later underwent surgery Sunday at a hospital in Treviso.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Previously unseen photos showing Jeffrey Epstein's body lying on a stretcher and being attended to by medics in the immediate aftermath of his death have been released by the US government.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

He sent his assistant off at once with a stretcher.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer