search and rescue team

noun

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

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After the hikers were rescued, the search and rescue team faced the daunting task of hiking back on foot in the middle of the night. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026 Seven members of the sheriff's office search and rescue team embarked on a hike to find the hikers, which took about an hour and a half inbound. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 The fire department’s search and rescue team cut part of a car door away to rescue Rios while her SUV was still lodged in the bus, Silverman recounted. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 As blizzard conditions increasingly worsened, the search and rescue team laid the bodies together and covered them with a tarp, marking the spot with GPS coordinates and long poles used to probe for people buried under avalanches. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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