lifeline

Example Sentences

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The recent trade boost is a lifeline for China, the world's second-largest economy, as domestic consumer activity has slumped, and adds to the record surplus achieved last year.

From Barron's

Iranians are stumbling to safety in Turkey at this border crossing in a snowy mountain pass that in recent weeks has become one of their few lifelines to the outside world.

From The Wall Street Journal

India supplies more than half of Africa's generic medicines, and cheaper semaglutide could become a lifeline for countries where obesity is rising rapidly but treatment remains unaffordable.

From Barron's

Closing these channels and freezing the funds they hold would strike directly at the regime’s financial lifeline.

From The Wall Street Journal

While he has since expressed other motivations for the war, Crump said targeting the island's oil infrastructure was "difficult" as it would destroy the country's economic lifeline for a long period of time.

From BBC