stretcher
Example Sentences
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“We thought maybe they came and there’s a stretcher and they took her out the back but her phone was there, her purse was there, all her things and it just didn’t make any sense.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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
In the footage, an elderly grey-haired man struggles to descend a flight of stairs from a plane and is then placed on a stretcher, where he lies shivering.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Several of the photos show Epstein lying on a stretcher while medics attempt to resuscitate him.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
A few hours earlier, they had watched as a few of Regibald du Burgh’s gang had picked up their boss on a stretcher and carried him off.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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