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rescues

  • plural
    of rescue.
    rescue
    verb (used with object)
    to free or deliver from confinement, danger, or difficulty: She rescued me from an awkward conversation.
  • present tense form
    of rescue (3rd person singular).
    rescue
    verb (used with object)
    to free or deliver from confinement, danger, or difficulty: She rescued me from an awkward conversation.

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I don’t know how to break the cycle of crises needing rescues that lead to more leverage and new crises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In Indianapolis on Saturday, officials conducted 56 water rescues and one man was transported to the hospital, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

"Major rainfall flooding may prompt many evacuations and rescues," the NWS said, adding that rivers and tributaries "may rapidly overflow their banks in multiple places".

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Last weekend, lifeguards in Los Angeles County performed a record 1,950 ocean rescues -- numbers that lifeguard captain Pono Barnes called "staggering."

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

They must’ve had a lot of those rescues because, a few weeks ago, the city announced plans to tear the rocket slide down.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher