life preserver
Example Sentences
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Standing next to the wreckage on the beach, a reporter for Italian RAI state TV noted a life preserver bearing the word “Smyrna,” a Turkish port also known as Izmir.
From Seattle Times
Kawashima, who was not in a life preserver, was pulled out of the water by friends.
From Fox News
Cates told reporters Friday that debris and rocks in the river can puncture tubes or rafts, so it’s important for people to wear life preservers.
From Seattle Times
Cates said the river is often difficult to navigate even for experienced swimmers and he did not know if the tubers had been using life preservers, the AP reported.
From Fox News
In "Endgame" Marvel tosses him a life preserver when Steve Rogers, Tony Stark and Scott Lang went back in time and accidently allowed one the Infinity Stones, the Tesseract, to get back into Loki's hands.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
