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extrication

noun

Definition of extrication

as in protection

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Recent Examples of extrication Crews stabilized the pickup before performing a technical extrication to free the driver. — Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026 Public Health and Safety Night on July 16 will feature demonstrations and information from the city’s police and fire departments, including a live vehicle extrication demonstration. — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026 Andrews said that fire department personnel had to use the Jaws of Life to get to the two teenagers in the back of the vehicle during the lengthy extrication, per the San Francisco Chronicle. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026 One person was found trapped inside, prompting immediate extrication efforts by emergency crews. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026 Rescue crews immediately initiated extrication efforts and started life-saving measures, Besse said. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026 The driver of the truck was pinned inside the vehicle and required extrication, according to the release. — Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 5 Feb. 2026 The fire department noted that there was no fire or hazardous-material exposure, and no extrication operations were required. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025 Europe also has taken incremental measures to improve post-crash rescue and extrication protocols. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025

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Noun

In June, a federal judge ruled against Katherine and Garry Leach, finding that federal courts could not weigh in on how churches spend their donations, citing First Amendment protections.

— Giles Hudson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
The better opportunity lies in parts of the market where scale alone provides less protection.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of protection

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Guardsmen spent two weeks of intensive training learning to use the detection system and plan to deploy it to provide security at large-scale public events.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic have both released their most powerful models this year, known as Sol and Mythos, respectively, boosting concerns across the industry about safety and security.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of security

Noun

In a post on X, Kono, former defense minister under the Abe administration, warned that the plan could undermine confidence in Japan's fiscal position, push interest rates higher and weaken the yen.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
The network isn’t even mustering up a defense for Jeanine Pirro, previously one of its most prominent pro-Trump hosts.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of defense

Noun

Purja and his team also carried out a number of daring rescues, often putting their own lives in danger.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
In Lviv, the number of people injured in a Russian missile attack rose to 30 as a rescue operation continued, said Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv regional military administration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of rescue

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Though the fight to maintain offline access to physical games is happening in the present, the preservation effort is really focused on the future.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026
The outage occurred as tensions around the preservation of physical media are already running high.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 29 July 2026

Definition of preservation

Noun

States set policy guardrails States are increasingly stepping in to set limits on HOA authority when private rules conflict with broader public interests related to renewable energy, wildlife conservation and water-saving landscaping.

— Daniel Kramer, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
While conservation measures were initially voluntary, Magyar’s government on Saturday issued a decree allowing for them to be made mandatory for large industrial or commercial consumers.

— Justin Spike, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of conservation

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