lifeline

Example Sentences

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An overwhelming majority of system users in a study commissioned by the agency that oversees the lifeline said they found it helpful and potentially lifesaving.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

China has acted as a lifeline for North Korea's moribund economy as its largest trading partner as well as an important source of diplomatic and political support.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

In an interview, Frederiksen said it was “too simplistic” to suggest Trump had thrown her a lifeline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Robert Aprill, a partner at Physician Growth Partners, a firm that connects doctors with investors, said that most physicians come to his company looking for a lifeline.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

He felt the structure of the veins, the pulse of its misfortune, and felt the damp palm with a lifeline cut off at the base of the thumb by the claws of death.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez