life preserver
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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
If Dopamine, with its low, labor-of-love operating costs, proves economically sustainable, it could be a life preserver in a perfect storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
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 ● Feb. 26, 2023
Akira grabbed on to the podium like it was a life preserver, and stood there uneasily for a long moment after the applause had stopped.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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