search and rescue team

noun

: a group of people trained to find and help lost people

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Thankfully, there are thousands of search and rescue team members who save hundreds of lives every year, often while putting their own at risk. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025 But the search and rescue team and its resources will be much smaller. Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2025 Jacob Paul, who supervises the volunteer search and rescue team for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Ray Sanchez, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025 Listen to this article A search and rescue team extricated a missing woman from a storm drain near the San Diego-Poway border Monday after a hunt for her led police detectives to the out-of-the-way spot, fire officials said. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for search and rescue team

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