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
In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
I’ve never forgotten that day, and I should have hung a life preserver on my office wall as a stark reminder.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
What’s the likelihood of those owners giving Skipper Dan a financial life preserver with new investors?
From Washington Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
“They are dressing her for the deck and putting her life preserver on.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
