Example Sentences
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The remains were laid out on stretchers and covered with flags.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Laid out on makeshift stretchers, they were carried to a nearby ambulance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Footage from state media showed paramedics carrying stretchers at the site, with ambulances in the background.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
AFP journalists at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital saw several adults and children being carried in on stretchers or by their arms and legs.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
The wounded knights were laid on stretchers in the outer room.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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