lifeboat
Example Sentences
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But, for some, the end will be deferred after a compromise deal was struck that gives a select few a chance to board what one outgoing peer called the "hereditary lifeboat".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Making it to the lifeboat was not much better.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“There’s not many of us left that did lighthouses or lifeboat stations, guys — mostly guys, almost exclusively — like me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025
The 1884 death of a cabin boy in a lifeboat was no accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
The lifeboat was now covered and the tarpaulin battened down, except at my end.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
