How to Use the Red Crescent in a Sentence

the Red Crescent

noun
  • Her cousin rang the Red Crescent, but was killed by gunfire while on the call.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The dead were taken to a field hospital run by the Red Crescent.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • The four dead were taken to a field hospital run by the Red Crescent, the charity said.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • For the Red Crescent workers who lived that day, the movie provided some measure of catharsis.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
  • An early note from Cheikhrouha asked why the Red Crescent couldn’t just send an ambulance out to save Hind.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The spokesperson for the Red Crescent said the strikes have hit 24 of Iran's 31 provinces.
    — CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Trapped in a car, surrounded by her dead family, Hind used her aunt’s cell phone to call the Red Crescent and beg to be rescued.
    — Stefanie Fox, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
  • There are now around 1,100 gates, the Red Crescent said, compared with about 800 at the time of last year’s war.
    — Imad Isseid, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Four others who were wounded in the incident were taken to a hospital, according to the Red Crescent.
    — Keir Simmons, NBC news, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The death toll spiked from 500 reported earlier on Sunday by the Red Crescent.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Early in the war, the regime realized that the scale of this effort would overwhelm the Red Crescent’s capabilities.
    — Annie Sparrow, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2018
  • The death toll in Iran now more than 1,200 according to the Red Crescent Society.
    — ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Additionally, a 12-year-old was shot in the shoulder, according to the Red Crescent.
    — Aref Tuffaha, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
  • He was transferred to the Red Crescent to receive medical treatment, the Israeli military added.
    — CNN, 23 June 2024
  • The level of risk harks back to two decades ago to the wave of violence known as the second intifada, when 12 medics were killed, according to the Red Crescent.
    — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • Though search-and-rescue aircraft were also sent to the area, weather conditions have prevented them from flying, according to the Red Crescent.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 May 2024
  • What should have been a short drive was stymied by the Red Crescent having to coordinate its route with Israeli authorities to clear the route with military units.
    — Alexander Durie, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Videos shared by the Red Crescent and verified by the video-analysis group Storyful showed a large cloud of smoke from an apparent strike near the same hospital.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • In one scene, someone holds up a phone showing the real footage of the Red Crescent workers that day, further blurring the lines between documentary and performance.
    — Alexander Durie, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Members of the Red Crescent gather near a truck loaded with humanitarian aid, which appears to cross the border at Rafah this morning.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There was no immediate public reaction to the findings from the Red Crescent or Civil Defense.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Within minutes, general security forces and the Red Crescent arrived.
    — Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Iran, through the Red Crescent Society, also expressed condolences and offered to send specialized teams and equipment.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The Libyan coast guard and the Red Crescent in the eastern city of Tobruk reported retrieving bodies that started to wash ashore over the past 24 hours.
    — ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • The film uses voice recordings between Hind Rajab and the Red Crescent volunteers who got the emergency call and try to keep her on the line to get an ambulance to her.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Four others were treated for tear gas inhalation, the Red Crescent said, while three of the prisoners released were also transferred to hospital for medical treatment.
    — NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Alireza Dadkhodai, an emergency operations expert with the Red Crescent, recalled the moment the missiles hit.
    — Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Rescue workers, at least two of whom can be seen wearing uniforms, are seen exiting a fire truck and an ambulance marked with the emblem of the Red Crescent and approaching the ambulance derailed to the side.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The gut-wrenching film uses voice recordings between Hind Rajab and the Red Crescent volunteers who got the emergency call and tried to keep her on the line to get an ambulance to her.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Hamas’s failure even to acknowledge whether these children are alive, or to allow welfare checks by the Red Crescent, has done much to convince Israelis that negotiation with the group is pointless.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025

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