life preserver
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I let myself play the victim twice — first of the debt itself, then of the life preserver tossed to bring me back onboard.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
I’ve never forgotten that day, and I should have hung a life preserver on my office wall as a stark reminder.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Mr. Cranston, a large, shapeless man anyway, in a bowler hat and his windowpane plaid greatcoat under his life preserver.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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