noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be taken/rushed/airlifted to hospital British English , be taken/rushed/airlifted to the hospital American English
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Three people were taken to hospital after a crash on the motorway.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His first column was a paean to the ingenuity, resolve, and bravery represented by the massive Berlin airlift .
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In mid-June 1948 Truman ordered the airlift .
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Thanks to the airlifts, the average daily death rate now is 12.
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The airlift had now stopped and people were being moved on to Myitkyina, hoping to get a plane there.
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The first planes of this airlift arrived in Beletuen on the same day.
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The increase is partly accounted for by the airlift of refugees from Kosovo.
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The plan seems to be to use airlift escorted by fighter planes.