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parachute
noun as in safety net
Example Sentences
“He had made himself a parachute out of his own dark cloak,” Miss Mortimer explained.
Theirs was a bold but unlikely mission: to parachute behind enemy lines and save European Jews from extermination.
This should be understood as a requirement that the PA be capable of restraining Hamas and wanted by the people of Gaza—it isn’t currently—rather than parachuted in and imposed on them.
The FAA also limited business jets and some other private flights to major airports, along with restrictions on commercial space launches and parachute operations.
Five members of the eight-man crew managed to eject safely and open their parachutes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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