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

One of the game’s best route runners, the dependable Cooper is a security blanket for Watson and P.J.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 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