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Recent Examples of paramedic
John Morrow, firefighter/paramedic with the Kansas City Fire Department, earned over $200,000 in overtime last year, while 17 of his KCFD counterparts earned more than $100,000 in overtime each.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
The Lebanese Red Cross said that one of its ambulance teams was directly targeted by an Israeli drone over the weekend, killing one paramedic and wounding another.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026
An Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese town of Beit Yahoun killed a Red Cross paramedic and injured another emergency worker on Sunday night, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health and the Lebanese Red Cross say.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Joshua Hunsucker, a 41-year-old former paramedic, systematically killed his wife, Stacy Robinson Hunsucker, with eyedrops – which contain the chemical tetrahydrozoline – and lied about her cause of death to land a $250,000 life insurance policy in September 2018.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2026
The Lebanese Red Cross said that one of its ambulance teams was directly targeted by an Israeli drone over the weekend, killing one paramedic and wounding another.
—Npr Staff, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026
An Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese town of Beit Yahoun killed a Red Cross paramedic and injured another emergency worker on Sunday night, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health and the Lebanese Red Cross say.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
Prosecutors said Joshua Hunsucker, a 41-year-old former paramedic, systematically killed his wife, Stacy Robinson Hunsucker, with eyedrops – which contain the chemical tetrahydrozoline – and lied about her cause of death to land a $250,000 life insurance policy in September 2018.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paramedic
Noun
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Emergency services must improve, including reducing 911 response times to under five minutes and offering free EMT-to-paramedic training.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Jensen fouled off three pitches, and one of them was lined right at an EMT.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At Northeast Georgia Medical Center, the three women are nurses in connected roles, caring for mothers and newborns at different stages.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
6 May 2026
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The offer is available in-shop only, and nurses and teachers will need to show ID to redeem the offer.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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“Paramedic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramedic. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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