How to Use rescue mission in a Sentence

rescue mission

noun
  • But the big rescue mission was still to come.
    — Don Babwin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • No one thought that the drone flight would lead to a rescue mission.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
  • There was so much that could have gone wrong in this rescue mission.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2024
  • It will be used to track suspects or go on search and rescue missions.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • By morning, they were told the rescue mission was over.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The crew of the Mayaguez was set free, but not thanks to the rescue mission.
    — Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
  • What is the spacecraft tasked with the rescue mission?
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • Read on for a timeline of the rescue mission since the team became stuck.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, 18 July 2018
  • The snowy and windy conditions in the area made the rescue mission tricky.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Blaze proclaims before the team heads off on their rescue mission.
    — Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2018
  • The agency’s post featured a video of the rescue mission.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The Swift rescue mission had to launch before the end of June.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
  • Now, the road trip turns into a rescue mission for Gabby and the crew.
    — Devonne Goode, Parents, 25 Sep. 2025
  • With the new funding, the rescue mission will be able to add 110 more beds.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The mystery was heightened even more by his absence from the rescue mission.
    — Will Thorne, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Weeks passed with no sign of Nylo, and the rescue mission turned into a dive search.
    — The Enquirer, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Hegar was shot down and wounded while flying a rescue mission in Afghanistan.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 24 July 2019
  • The group’s journey is both a decades-later rescue mission and a treasure hunt.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 June 2020
  • Or the ice could carry them far to the west, beyond the reach of rescue missions should anything go awry.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2019
  • As soon as the rescue mission was complete, the teams were deployed to pump the water away from the farms.
    — George Styllis, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
  • And this isn’t the first time they’ve been flown to another country for a cave-rescue mission.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2018
  • The search and rescue mission is ongoing.
    — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In any case, the pod does not appear to be needed, with the rescue mission underway.
    — Robyn Dixon, latimes.com, 9 July 2018
  • Thus begins the tale of the greatest rescue mission in the history of mankind.
    — Rex Crum, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • Here are seven daring rescue missions that stayed with us long after they were dumped from the news cycle.
    — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Back at the mine site, the rescue mission remains incomplete.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • The short teaser centers on yet more daring rescue missions from the heroic pups.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The triumph of the hostage rescue mission comes amid pain across Israel and Gaza.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • By the end of the day, the Coast Guard announced that the rescue mission had ended.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • There were no updates on the search-and-rescue mission as of Thursday morning.
    — Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023

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