lifeline

Example Sentences

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Festival organizers believe that a wide array of performing arts created by transgender artists can be a lifeline.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The Emirates’ new posture is most evident in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz—a lifeline for its energy exports, shipping business and food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But trade with China, much of it through Dandong, is a key lifeline for North Korea's moribund economy, under UN sanctions because of its nuclear weapons programme.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

But the hosts grabbed a lifeline from a Patrik Schick penalty soon after before captain Ladislav Krejci nodded home four minutes from time to force extra time.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

She flung a mental lifeline to that physical self, and tried to recall the feeling of being in it: all the sensations that made up being alive.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman