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- verb Present participle of
rescue .
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Examples
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I am also aware of the fact people with a good heart might do the wrong thing in rescuing an animal in distress (thinking of the wrong things many people do here, with hedgehogs for ex!)
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He was involved in rescuing and hiding Jews during the war.
The Pope’s Visit and Our Own to the Holy See « The Blog at 16th and Q 2009
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God glorifies himself in rescuing the undeserving, not the heavenly; the poetry of redemption lies all in the dissimilarity between redeemer and redeemed, the similarities (if I may be permitted to put it this way) are all ironical, however necessary.
Spring « Unknowing 2010
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No expense or effort was spared in rescuing this classic from cinematic oblivion and finishing it with the utmost quality.
Weekend Weirdness: The Birdemic Craze Continues | /Film 2010
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Dogs like Lizzy came to Hamilton via Boudreaux's Animal Rescue Krewe, a charitable organization that aids in rescuing dogs that have been abused, neglected, and/or abandoned.
Patrick and Lizzy need your support The Nag 2009
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Fortunately, there's a crack team of wildlife officers on hand, led by Doug Coughran, an expert in rescuing whales.
Tonight's TV highlights Will Hodgkinson 2010
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First he said it would be a “humiliation” for the IMF to be involved in rescuing Greece, only to have to eat his words.
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Law enforcement, knock yourself out in rescuing actual trafficking victims and bringing rapists, traffickers, kidnappers etc, to justice.
Thoughts on rescues, rescuers and realities « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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His extraordinary feet in rescuing the heroin from the Shaw of Iran, by using his Bowel of N'Irthrymia, will surely peek your interest in my Chiclet novel.
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Nobody likes that the government had to outlay money the way that they have in rescuing banks and propping up the states with Recovery Act money.
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