Example Sentences

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In all, Teller lost 80 established hives as well as 16 hives with bees he has rescued as part of his bee removal business.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“Doherty has rescued libertarianism from its own obscurity,” the Wall Street Journal wrote of the work, “eloquently capturing the appeal of the ‘pure idea.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Suddeth has rescued more than 100 hermit crabs.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Rhossi is the second Kemp's ridley sea turtle Anglesey Sea Zoo has rescued, successfully repatriating one called Tally to Texas before it was released back into the wild in 2023.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

Those thoughts seem so strange to me now, now that Namontack has become my friend and Chief Powhatan has rescued us from cold and starvation, and the princess Pocahontas has treated us as her countrymen.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone