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life raft

NOUN
dinghy
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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

Paddles for the life raft so the Clippers can change directions and make better decisions — hopefully with better decision-makers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Roughly half of the crew descended onto a life raft, ready to abandon the ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

What followed was an hours-long ordeal on a life raft, as the pilot and the passengers waited for rescuers to find them.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

A yellow box hit the water and exploded into a life raft.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin




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