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lifeboat

noun as in dinghy

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noun as in raft

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But the GOP also has an opening to start building lifeboats from ObamaCare.

“There’s not many of us left that did lighthouses or lifeboat stations, guys — mostly guys, almost exclusively — like me.”

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The 1884 death of a cabin boy in a lifeboat was no accident.

Of the 1,065 people on board, 30 died when two lifeboats were pulled into the ship's propellers.

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The UK Coastguard sent a Border Force vessel, two lifeboats and a helicopter to the scene – and issued a mayday call to other shipping in the area.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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