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extricating

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One video shows him under the rubble, carefully extricating the body of an infant from around the body of another small child, who is alive.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2025

He lets the film pause and breathe, believably extricating Pansy from her pain for just a moment to give her a taste of what reprieve and lightness might look like.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2025

Zwirner would not disclose the financial terms of extricating the gallery from that project.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2023

The complexity of extricating the technology platforms that allow equity trading and then integrating them at another bank was another factor in Credit Suisse's decision to hold off, the people said.

From Reuters Mar. 8, 2023

The tide drift had taken him down into the kelp, and he’d wasted four hours extricating himself so as not to rip his gill-net.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson