life preserver
Example Sentences
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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
Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a little rough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Divers found him about 30 minutes later after passersby called 911 and threw a life preserver in the water.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
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
