search and rescue team

noun

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

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Recent Examples on the Web An urban search and rescue team also was summoned to the site to determine whether the hillside where the cave was dug needed shoring up. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024 Officers and the Coconino County Sheriff's Office's search and rescue team have worked to locate Kelly, police said. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024 Lopez was not able to be resuscitated and was transported down to Bunny Flats by Forest Service Climbing Rangers and the sheriff's office search and rescue team. Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 About a week after Katrina made landfall, in September 2005, a search and rescue team discovered remains between the rubble of two homes that had been destroyed in St. Martin, several miles from Biloxi, according to Vogen. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for search and rescue team 

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“Search and rescue team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20and%20rescue%20team. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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