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rescuers

noun

plural of rescuer

as in saviors

one that saves from danger or destruction rescuers went out immediately in search of the lost child

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Recent Examples of rescuers Rind said rescuers were working to identify those killed in the crash. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Williams has never lacked interpreters, custodians, handlers, or rescuers with pruning shears. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026 In Austria, mountain rescuers are heroic figures beyond reproach. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Although rescuers had not detected conclusive signs of life, the operation continued under the watch of the child’s parents and grandmother. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026 The crew took part in rescuing a 47-year-old man who was pulled out of the rubble eight days after the quakes hit, lifting the spirits and morale of rescuers who up until then were primarily uncovering human remains. — Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said 300 rescuers and paramedics, along with 50 tons of equipment, medicines and essential supplies, were ready to depart for Caracas. — Will Clark, NBC news, 26 June 2026 Nearly 30,000 first responders and more than 3,300 international rescuers have been racing against time to find survivors of the deadly earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

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saviors

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The current leaders, however, have positioned themselves as saviors of the Islamic Republic, and with that credibility could institute certain changes that are widely known to be necessary and desirable, but that would have looked counterrevolutionary if proposed by anyone else.

— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
Presidential fallibility Even the greatest American presidents have not seen themselves as American saviors.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026

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