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One person was being pushed on a gurney while a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue helicopter landed in the area to help, according to the post.—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026 Officers said the woman was then medically evaluated and placed on a gurney to be carried out of the area.—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026 Investigators allege Lewin then repeatedly slammed the man's head against a gurney, pressed his fingers into the man's eyes, and choked him.—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026 The mother, played by Nicole Wolf, is strapped into a prosthetic pregnant torso built on top of a special gurney designed from the measurements of her body.—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gurney
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Etymology
probably ultimately from Gurney cab type of horse-drawn cab with a rear entrance, from J. Theodore Gurney, who patented such a cab in Boston in 1883