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In a tweet, the Seattle Fire Department said crews were extricating a person from the truck and recommended that drivers take alternate routes to avoid the area.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2022

“We were putting the phone down on each other all over New York, gently, we were extricating ourselves.”

From Washington Post • May 5, 2015

When the cart had stuck in the mud for the tenth time in half an hour, Charlie whispered to Fred, as they were extricating it, 'I have had enough of this.

From Chatterbox, 1905. by Various

In ordinary circumstances I wouldn't have broken in on a t�te-�-t�te, but others were extricating themselves from their deck chairs, so I thought there was no harm in my being the first.

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Below, Blenheim and his friend were extricating themselves from that blessed table.

From The Firefly of France by Angellotti, Marion Polk