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Investigators allege Lewin then repeatedly slammed the man's head against a gurney, pressed his fingers into the man's eyes, and choked him.—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026 The mother, played by Nicole Wolf, is strapped into a prosthetic pregnant torso built on top of a special gurney designed from the measurements of her body.—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 Then, the special effects department is building a special gurney so that the actor's body can submarine under the bed.—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026 In a subsequent post, Momsen shared a video of her being wheeled on a gurney with the red skin on her right shin outlined with marker.—Doha Madani, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gurney
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Etymology
probably ultimately from Gurney cab type of horse-drawn cab with a rear entrance, from J. Theodore Gurney, who patented such a cab in Boston in 1883