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Meanings of search and rescue in English

Russian
search and rescue
Portuguese
c-sar
Spanish
search and rescue
Catalan
recerca i rescat

Search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

search and rescue
Usage of search and rescue in English
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However, Hill says this is often overstressed in search and rescue stories.
Radio NZ
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The search and rescue operations have taken on a new international dimension.
The Guardian
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The government also wants to send a 58-person search and rescue team.
Reuters
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The specialised police search and rescue unit continued their efforts on Wednesday.
The South African
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Then I thought, well, perhaps he's a candidate for search and rescue.
Solomon's oak: a novel
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Three land-based search and rescue teams are still searching the coastal area.
Radio NZ
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The competent authorities are conducting the search and rescue mission, it added.
Reuters
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A huge search and rescue operation is continuing in the South Atlantic.
Radio NZ
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Anyway, this hi-pri line is set aside for the search and rescue.
Existence
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During this time he undertook more than 150 search and rescue operations.
The Guardian
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Inept search and rescue is blamed for five quake deaths in Christchurch.
Radio NZ
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A search and rescue operation is ongoing for the three missing people.
Radio NZ
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Commercial planes and even search and rescue aircraft are represented as well.
Wired
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Corin Dann spoke to search and rescue incident controller Sergeant Tony Matheson.
Radio NZ
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The full scale search and rescue operation was launched shortly before 2pm.
The Irish Times
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Automated search and rescue vehicles will fan out to find lost hikers.
Wired