deck chair

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But it’d be like rearranging your deck chair on a sinking ship that’s already asked you to leave.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2023

The sale includes other notable nautical items including an original deck chair that was on the Lusitania, a passenger liner that was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022

One deck chair was rearranged last week when the Nationals fired pitching coach Derek Lilliquist.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2019

Keep your head still — a deck chair with a headrest works great.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2018

Lyra listened awhile, and then lay back in the deck chair with Pantalaimon curled around her neck, and thought of the grand vision the goose daemon had brought with him.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman