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Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, more than 400 staff across the corps of first responder and transit workers are in quarantine due to infection or exposure. — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2022 Thomason was pronounced dead by another first responder, according to the incident report. — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2021 Police arrested Wuerz, 53, and charged him with homicide of an unborn child, aggravated battery on a first responder and aggravated battery on a pregnant victim, according to the arrest report. — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021 The journalist opened his laptop and joined a few other participants in cyberspace for a morning of whiteboard sessions led by Callan and Chris Post, a first responder and photojournalist, who runs a Web site called JournalistSafety.com. — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021 After being evaluated in the hospital, Mistic was charged with assault on a first responder, obstructing a peace officer and resisting arrest, according to the statement. — Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2021 Each day, a first responder is tasked to be a hero. — Laura Carrione, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021 Why would anyone accept those odds in return for a first responder’s modest paycheck? — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2021 Another first responder can be spotted in the shadows, indicating that the search for the missing and dead was still ongoing, and would continue. — Lori Grinker, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2021

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“First responder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20responder. Accessed 20 Jan. 2022.

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