life raft
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Awaiting the landfall, we slept upstairs with a life raft, axes and an emergency weather radio, in case we had to escape through the roof.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
As their boat took on water and eventually sank, the Coopers and two other sailors aboard the vessel evacuated to a life raft.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Rising Treasury yields have put pressure on yield-sensitive investments like utilities, real-estate investment trusts and home-builder stocks, while the market has fallen back on a familiar life raft: tech stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Carlson can sense a sinking ship, and he is jumping into a life raft.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026
I sighed, grasping on to the idea like a life raft.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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