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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rescue .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective delivered from danger
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Examples
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Scotland being again rescued from the vengeance of her implacable foe, the disaffected lords in the citadel affected to spurn at her preservation, declaring to the regent that they would rather bear the yoke of the veriest tyrant in the world, than owe a moment of freedom to the man who (they pretended to believe) had conspired against their lives.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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In "Siegfried," the heroic knight of the title rescued Brünnhilde, a sleeping Valkyrie magically imprisoned in a ring of fire by her father Wotan.
Falling Into Wagner's Burning Ring of Fire Judy Fayard 2011
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In "Siegfried," the heroic knight of the title rescued Brünnhilde, a sleeping Valkyrie magically imprisoned in a ring of fire by her father Wotan.
Falling Into Wagner's Burning Ring of Fire Judy Fayard 2011
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GAFFNEY -- A Gaffney man who told reporters he was a Marine heroically rescued from a Cambodian POW camp in 1970 in fact served only 10 months in the Navy and was court-martialed, according to military records obtained by the
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Snow White, a tale about an underage girl who is rescued from a deep sleep by her true love and in the end marries him and becomes a happily ever after princess.
Art Appreciation Moment of the Day: J. Scott Campbell | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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GAFFNEY -- A Gaffney man who told reporters he was a Marine heroically rescued from a Cambodian POW camp in 1970 in fact served only 10 months in the Navy and was court-martialed, according to military records obtained by the
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The following brief article was published after Uncle David was rescued from the North African desert, but presumably before the military censors authorized the publication of his name.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Please name the name of the "high official" who was rescued from a captive situation.
BERNARD RAMSEY 2010
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A couple hundred years ago a pair of these dogs was rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of England and the present breed was perfected by mixing in genes from several other dogs (spaniels, setters, and even bloodhound).
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A couple hundred years ago a pair of these dogs was rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of England and the present breed was perfected by mixing in genes from several other dogs (spaniels, setters, and even bloodhound).
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