lifeboat
Example Sentences
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It currently operates 238 lifeboat services in the UK and Ireland.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
After the vessel transporting his family from India to Canada sinks, Pi escapes to a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a tiger—and his situation gets more complicated with each passing day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Once on the lifeboat he was wrapped in warm blankets and it was "assessed that an ambulance and rapid evacuation would be required".
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
Making it to the lifeboat was not much better.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
In the lifeboat, the corset absorbed all available moonlight, with the odd result that Desdemona’s face, head, and arms disappeared.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
