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
In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times
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
We could barely see above the pile in the carpet, but the Upstairs Cranstons were all out of their cabins, jostling each other and retying the ties on their life preservers.
From Literature
With no parachutes, no life preservers, no rafts and no radios, the four planes guided by eight U.S.
From Seattle Times
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