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
The measure “was simply a life preserver that was being thrown or could have been thrown to schools to stem the crisis,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Harris and his Commanders may be her life preserver — at a cost.
From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023
Pong held tight to his wooden life preserver as he drifted downstream.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
