security blanket
Example Sentences
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Thompson: It was a security blanket, isn’t it?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
The Hurricanes punished him all night, sometimes legally, sometimes questionably, but he stayed composed, turning to unheralded receiver Charlie Becker as a security blanket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
While premiums have gone up in recent years, and coverage maxes out at $250,000, the program still constitutes a security blanket on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where coverage rates are high.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
Without his security blanket, reigning NFL league MVP Patrick Mahomes was just 21 of 39 for 226 yards with two touchdown passes and an interception.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
A regular landline dial tone, reaching out from the past like a security blanket, a sign that the world beyond this fence still exists.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
